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hughvane · hughvane #1 (**permalink**)

01-23-2009, 07:50 PM

I ask this question openly, and without prejudice or rancour.

It concerns a post disappearing from one of the Threads. I prepared the post (a quote-reply), I submitted it, I checked it in the Thread for accuracy, all was okay, I moved on to something else.

Some minutes later I returned to the Thread to find my post gone. Remembering what I had written (and fortunately it was still on the Clipboard) ... and here is my question ... "are there auto-triggers used by Mac-Forums and/or any other authority associated with M-F, to remove posts with certain 'flagged' words?"

I hasten to add that there was nothing in the post that contravened Forum rules, which I have just read, and re-read. I'm quite happy to submit to Admin or Moderators what I'm *guessing* was the trigger word. It was used both correctly and properly.

iWhat · iWhat #2 (**permalink**)

01-23-2009, 08:00 PM

I'm sending you a PM.

Edit: The forum software censors words, which then are masked. Your particular case was not triggered by the forum software.

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hughvane #1 (permalink)
Member Since: May 18, 2008 Location: Banks Peninsula, New Zealand Posts: 3,244 Mac Specs: MacMini 2.4, 4 Gb, OS 10.6.8; MacBook 2.4, 2 Gb, OS 10.5.8; G4 eMac 1.25, 2 Gb, OS 10.4.11	01-23-2009, 07:50 PM I ask this question openly, and without prejudice or rancour. It concerns a post disappearing from one of the Threads. I prepared the post (a quote-reply), I submitted it, I checked it in the Thread for accuracy, all was okay, I moved on to something else. Some minutes later I returned to the Thread to find my post gone. Remembering what I had written (and fortunately it was still on the Clipboard) ... and here is my question ... "are there auto-triggers used by Mac-Forums and/or any other authority associated with M-F, to remove posts with certain 'flagged' words?" I hasten to add that there was nothing in the post that contravened Forum rules, which I have just read, and re-read. I'm quite happy to submit to Admin or Moderators what I'm guessing was the trigger word. It was used both correctly and properly.

iWhat #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Nov 11, 2004 Location: Toledo, Ohio Posts: 5,756 Mac Specs: Macbook, iMac G5, iPad, iPhone 4, iPod (MANY)!	01-23-2009, 08:00 PM I'm sending you a PM. Edit: The forum software censors words, which then are masked. Your particular case was not triggered by the forum software.

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