Stasi/Gestapo Like Admins Deleting Posts Here

[NightFlyer]

If you do not like the format of this forum (being moderated) I hear there are other places you can go. Obviously you like it here or you wouldn't be here. It only takes 1 or 2 individuals to ruin it for everyone and require the forum be moderated. I am not saying you are the reason but in the past others created the need for moderators. I belong to a lot of other forums, many are automotive and most are not moderated. Not every post I put up makes it either. Get over it. Now the controversy is not the post itself but the moderator!

Actually, there are more serious implications with what happened here today - like forum collusion with a particular vendor.

If the forum wants to pull for certain vendors, that's fine - it's their forum and they have every right to do so. But then they should publicly disclose it so that all members know exactly where those who own/operate the forum stand, instead of censoring the posts of members in furtherance of such a goal, as that's just really shitty no matter how you choose to look at it.

[NightFlyer]

BTW - Just so we're all clear on this, the collusion charge is one that I make against the admins/mods/owners/operators of this forum, and not DPI/Josh, as he made it clear that he doesn't want any kind of official association with any forum, thus what happened earlier was clearly an initiative of someone who holds some power within this forum.

http://dmctalk.org/showthread.php?98...l=1#post155112

I can't help but to wonder if Tamir approves of this kind of behavior?

[Dracula]

I can't help but to wonder if Tamir approves of this kind of behavior?

By appointing moderators, after cleaning house recently, that allow such behavior and remaining complacent, one could argue silent consent.

[NightFlyer]

By appointing moderators, after cleaning house recently, that allow such behavior and remaining complacent, one could argue silent consent.

That's true.

Such a shame really, as they were doing significantly better up until this - but this is something that absolutely warrants an explanation, and yet they've been silent in providing such. Meanwhile, they recently closed how many threads with an explanation because of their conflict with Prof Hinkley??? Ass backward focus/priorities if you ask me....

[Dracula]

For all of the faults with DMCToday; and it's not without faults, our moderators will not delete 99.9999999999999% of the posts. You have to try to get posts deleted there.

After all, if discussing the actions of SELECT DeLorean vendors is unacceptable, then that defeats the purpose of a website that purports to be a DeLorean forum.

[NightFlyer]

For all of the faults with DMCToday; and it's not without faults, our moderators will not delete 99.9999999999999% of the posts. You have to try to get posts deleted there.

After all, if discussing the actions of SELECT DeLorean vendors is unacceptable, then that defeats the purpose of a website that purports to be a DeLorean forum.

Yes, we did have a few instances where porn had to be deleted, but the offending parties were never disciplined (with the sole exception of thirdmanj aka Peter Weller)

[opethmike]

Oh BS, it took my friend very little effort to get outright banned.

[Dracula]

Oh BS, it took my friend very little effort to get outright banned.

If you deliberately try to get banned, of course it's easy.

[NightFlyer]

Oh BS, it took my friend very little effort to get outright banned.

I have not banned anyone.

I just checked our ban list, and of the 2 dozen or so accounts that have been perma-banned from the forum, the reason given is either spam or spambot.

If you honestly believe that your friend was misidentified as a spammer or spambot, PM me their username and I'll look into the matter further for you.

[NightFlyer]

If you deliberately try to get banned, of course it's easy.

Derp - I remember that account now. Weren't they posting a bunch of irrelevant stuff all over the forum, thus fitting the classic definition of spam?