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Who's running this show?

I’ve hung around Audiogon for several years, have enjoyed it, and have learned alot. I find the forum discussions to be interesting and entertaining.

There were two threads that were recently removed by a "moderator". The first was the one regarding ASR featuring the one and only Amir. It ran for a long time and had well over one thousand posts. Then one day it’s magically gone. The second thread was entitled What will you not buy? and had gone on for a few/several days. It had over three-hundred posts and then earlier today it went away.
This is Audiogon’s site and they can do with it what they wish. If I’m unhappy I’m free to go. I’m okay with that. Here is my interest: who is Audiogon? It seems to be a mystery.  There is absolutely no editorial voice, no communication with the administrators/officers/owners etc. Other forums that I visit have some dialogue between the members and the powers that be. T

To quell this curiosity I did a bit of online searching and found out a few things like the presidents name, location, number of employees, etc. This was all third party information; I found no presence at all from Audiogon. Again it’s their business and none of mine. But curiosity killed the cat and likely this thread will suffer the same fate. Anyone else find this interesting or unusual?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

abnerjack
scott22
260 posts
 

Our political parties have failed us. Our choices a 77 yr. old, convicted criminal in Traitor I make no sense Trump and an 81 yr. old mumblin, and stumblin Joe. I’m sitting this one out for the first time in over 60 years.

 

zlone
628 posts
 

Other than the occasional discussion veering off the rails into politics, I find Audiogon to be the best forum on the web. Moderation seems pretty even handed, and the collective expertise is quite high. If your posts are pulled on a regular basis, look in the mirror.

boxcarman
401 posts
 

I am surprised this post is still on here.  

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@all 

Posts/threads can be taken down for many reasons. More recently it is because the thread/subject turned political. This takes away from the subject at hand and causes the thread to deteriorate at a fast pace. 

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