good question. just noticed and I don't know.

The one jayalexander posted, asking people to talk to SA about the mistake they made closing my account, is gone as well. I don'tnow what's going on around here. A little heavy handed administration, in my opinion.

Talk to DS, that is. God I hate this phone!!!!

Guessing the post was reported as she was obviously trying to stir up shit here.

The thing is, there are these Rules of the Road, guidelines for how people may or may not behave here. And when we join there is a welcome email that says "No personal attacks, insults or derogatory comments. If someone offends you, tell us - just click on REPORT ABUSE at the bottom of any page."

Now, people are going to say things that others do not agree with and someone might be upset by that. I'm sure it happens here every day. But it is not a personal attack, insult or derogatory comment, or some other violation of the rules of the road, then even if it is reported I would hope that the DS admins would evaluate according to their guidelines and not just delete every post that gets reported. Otherwise, what is the point of this site, if any contrary opinion will be removed? Then all we have is the party line, no shifts, no learning from each others differences, only agreement or dismissal.

What can be learned from that?

And this is the message I got....
"DS Member Care Admin (DailyStrength)

Oct 31 06:29 (PDT)

Hi,

Were happy youre an active member at DailyStrength, however it has come to our attention that some of your posts are inappropriate"

Ni comment.

Really!?! Your posts, jay? And I don't suppose they tell you what is inappropriate, either.

So, on and on it goes, where we can be told we're somehow out of line but never told how and then booted without ever having had a chance to correct the offending behavior.

I wish I was better at reading minds.

Do you suppose it was your post asking for support around my account issue that was considered inappropriate?

Is it inappropriate to question the decisions being made by DS admins? Is it inappropriate to ask for an explanation of the criteria on which they base their decisions?

Now it is out of line to even ask WHY?

This is nuts.

I wonder, do they even read the posts that are reported as offensive? Or just delete them without investigating or considering the content, based solely on the fact of the post having been reported?

I thought you were talking about the thread by Summer.

I do not think she was trying to stir up problems. I think she has some really confused thinking about relationships. But I understand why she may trigger people.

I have gotten those warning message twice. Once warranted, the other not. Just role with those. When you give feedback sometimes people hear it, sometimes we need to adjust our tact, and sometimes we need to hold it back because they are not in a place to even consider what we are saying.

If the warning email I'd received because someone.dates to question Why a DS admin has made a certain decision, then something is wrong with the system. People should not be punished it threatened with loss of access for simply asking Why, or even for asking that they reconsider.

Yes, this thread was about SummerBluebell, but something larger is going on here.

I wonder if a Community Leader could look into it?

I must say I am discouraged. Not only by DS. I don't think any admin actually reads posts/threads that are reported.

But by the people who reported Fiber to the extent that her account was shut down, and by the people who reported my threads on both boards....

I have reread Rules of the Road carefully and I have not violated a single one of them. Not even close. Not with these threads not ever. So clearly nobody reviews those. But why would anybody bother to report it? That is sad.

Clearly somebody also reported summerbluebell - I think her account and posts are also gone.

And Fiber - your comments on my journal entries are gone..........

I'm sorry, jay. This really bites, especially having apparently no avenue for review.

I've written to Jesse, the CL, to see if he can ask for a review, but I don't know if he has any pull.

It is very discouraging and leaves me wondering if we have any rights here, or if there is any point in establishing supportive relationships when they can be 'cancelled' arbitrarily based on bogus complaints.

Going - getting these messages is one thing, but having accounts and threads removed with no warning/explanation given is another.

I am not even upset about it. Just disappointed and discouraged.

Not enough to give up though ;-)

I'm beyond disappointed, and not only for myself. When this kind of censorship discourages the free expression of good people, then what is the use of such a site?

Why not just post a blog of the acceptable and be done with it?