Maybe someone can enlighten me.


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Congrats and I feel ya. The current state of the country has stolen most of my joy.

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So what was my infraction. Maybe it was empathizing with another member?

Hurry though. This won't last long either.

secretguy

@devinplombier 

Respectfully, I disagree.  The moderators have demonstrated that they can move quickly, if needed.  So why not post new rules?  The failure to do so simply allows the moderators to enforce unwritten, new rules inconsistently based upon their whims.  My own experience is that the moderators actually have their own political bias, and the absence of clarity allows them to “tilt the field.”  You can’t have your cake and eat it too, right?

lol! just checked to see when was the last time I had a post removed, It was 8/6/24, for the following:

”lmao! When was the last time you got laid?”

Now that’s some serious street cred my friends.

@mdalton 

You can’t have your cake and eat it too, right?

Oh, I disagree with that! 😂

Meanwhile, your post prompted me to look up Audiogon forum rules. Here they are in their entirety:

Guidelines

Goals of these discussions

Discuss the audiophile hobby

Share experiences with other audiophiles.

Share news about the high-end audio industry.

The Company: Audiogon, Inc.

 

The Service: Audiogon Discussion Forum

 

When you create your own personalized account, you may be able to provide "User Content". You are solely responsible for the User Content that you post, upload, link to or otherwise make available via the Service. You agree that we are only acting as a passive conduit for your online distribution and publication of your User Content. The Company, however, reserves the right to remove any User Content from the Service at its discretion.

 

All submissions, whether they be questions or answers, are subject to moderation. Any designated moderator will have to the right to remove content that he or she deems inaaproprate.

 

Prohibited content:

You will not submit content that is copyrighted or subject to third party proprietary rights, including privacy, publicity, trade secret, etc., unless you are the owner of such rights or have the appropriate permission from their rightful owner to specifically submit such content.

You will not post information that is malicious, false or inaccurate.

You will not post content that is sexually expicit.

You will not post content that is abusive or defames another member of The Service.

See also

https://www.audiogon.com/users/terms

http://support.audiogon.com/customer/portal/articles/237780-terms-of-use

I was very surprised to see that race, politics, or religion are not even mentioned. The concern about sexually explicit content is curious, given the largely older and 99.9% male audience, but I guess you’re never too careful.

In any event, you’re right and I stand corrected. The Audiogon forum rules are not only inadequate but, in this particular case, inconsistent with the enforcement actions being taken.

"All submissions, whether they be questions or answers, are subject to moderation. Any designated moderator will have to the right to remove content that he or she deems inappropriate."

That’s all you need to know.

Their house, their backyard, their ball.