Fellow "deletees"

Wow, I haven't been here in a long time.  Poor Melissa.  Where are the big girl panties?

Moderator:  I sent you a PM.   I hope you will take it in the manner it was intended.  Maybe we need a class on what "name calling" is considered in this thread.  I would love to read the posts where you found all this "name calling".  Just because  "one poster" spends her time goading us is no reason, in my opinion, for us to be punished because we tried to get her to stop.  SHE should have been the one to pay for what she did, not the rest of us.  I will be awaiting your decision on the question I put to you in my PM.  I am a great believer in the "majority" rules.  SHE was not in the majority yesterday.  Your cooperation is appreciated.

I don't remember but I don't think it was inappropriate because I know whose were.

I have been lurking on this and your other thread(s) for a long time, and I have to say that I have often wondered if Laura is the deleter. 

Laura-deepest apologies if you are not. I'm just adding my 2 cents.

Mary

PS I love the interplay that is going on in these 2 threads! 

I am mystified.

Wow -- it is just getting so sad it's funny.  I can see the deleters cackling away, fingers shaking in anticipation as they reach for the delete button...

Have you reviewed the "Community Rules" recently? BCO reserves the right to do what ever it wants with whatever you post.

I was especially interested in this part:

By using the Discussion Boards or Chat Rooms, you are granting Breastcancer.org a perpetual, exclusive, royalty-free and irrevocable right and license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, distribute, transmit, publicly display, publicly perform, sublicense, create derivative works from, transfer, and sell any such messages, files or communications. 

So they can sell our stories. Interesting. 

Well, I read it. And, in all fairness, while it was politely said, it probably did break BCO rules of conduct. Don't know whether it was true or not. Edited - typo

I did name a name, and I'm not surprised I got deleted.

It only makes me think what I thought even more.

Mary 

While I am still here, will someone please advise me what is the difference between "deleted by community" and "deleted by Moderators"?  How do we know if we have been banned?  I know I was teasing or kidding Laura about Sara Palin because Laura kept returning with remarks to us.  However, I usually do not do "name calling" to people on here.  That's not my style.  I would love to be able to see what I posted that was so bad other than refusing to sit back and allow myself to be goaded over posts.  This entire thing has gone from the sublime to the ridiculous.  Frankly, I am tired of it all. 

Alpal:  If the post you are referring to and read was mine, would you be able to let me know what I said?  How are we supposed to change our conduct if we don't know what is acceptable on here? Thanks!

I've never gotten an email from a deleted by moderators post.  It might be a good idea to start an automated message for those deletions so we can have a record, like MollyAnn mentioned.

Interestingly, I can understand my community deletion (my post made in heat of the moment, wild emotions during AZ shootings) but not the moderator deletion from this thread.  I said please, and thought I was polite.  Oh well. 

Edit to clarify -- I meant my wild emotions.  Can't speak for the deleters.

I did name a name, and I'm not surprised I got deleted.

It only makes me think what I thought even more.

Mary 

Makes you think WHAT even more?

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YramAL wrote:

All I know is I did not use "threatening, hateful, or abusive language". I speculated, got a personal message from that person telling me that I need to remove my post or the moderators would remove it for me. That person is now on "ignore". 

Mary 

I hope the mods delete your post above and the one above that.  You are defaming a person without even knowing what the heck you're talking about.  What gives you the right to inject your "opinion" with a name about whom you know nothing.  I can tell you.  If she was deleting she would have told you.  And, furthermore, she is not deleting any posts.  Perhaps the mods can help you with that.

IMO, this is getting out of control....the speculation.  You gals need to cool your jets.  Melissa's going to get tired of the whining and put a stop to it!

Wasn't yours, so don't worry about it. When 5 people delete a post it is deleted by the community. It's an automatic software thingy. Probably don't need to add that I'm not all that computer literate. If you have X number of posts deleted by the community then you're restriced to X (5, I think) posts a day for X number of days. I'm putting X because I don't know the number. I think banning is something that is done by the moderators when it is obvious that someone is a trouble maker - based on deletions, etc.

The posts that were deleted earlier in the day were manually deleted by the moderator. I assume, in an effort to calm things down. I don't think they come with any sort of restrictions, at least I haven't received any notice of that. I know for a fact that the post I wrote did not break any rules. It was only 1 sentence which is why I can remember it. Perhaps, Melissa can delete posts without them actually breaking a rule. Doesn't make any difference with my post because it would make no sense without the previous post which I was replying to - don't really know about that.  

People "whine" when they get frustrated by inaction.  Just as in other posts/topics/threads when some people go on and on ad nauseum about something.  There are plenty of "whiners" in other threads who are not those accused of being whiners in this thread. 

Ack -- am I making sense???  I need a cookie.