Mindlessly disappearing discussions

I have been so busy trying to hit my 500 that I haven't been posting as much as I normally do and sadly even if we did the target is over our friends avatar not ours. We would just be ignored.

So what do we do, Cyn? Do we write to Admin? ALL of us? Do we band together and put a petition up? Any ideas?

You said that right, kid! I think we should start inundating the airwaves here with our discussions. Maybe that'd keep 'em busy for a while.

Thanks for your kind comments. I can believe that abuse reports from a few people can get a discussion deleted without being read. I still think that there may be a software running as well even though you pointed out some flaws in my thinking. Now I have a new theory. So many discussions were deleted lately and mostly from a certain group of people. There seemed to be nothing wrong (I only read a few of them) but what seemed to be a common thread was that people were chatting back and forth in these discussions like in a chat room. Here is what I found in the guidelines: "Please use myLot messages to chat back and forth with your myLot friends. Make plans for the weekend, schedule a time to meet for fun, or just talk about what happened today at work! If you would like to know more about a certain myLot member, request them as a friend." Mylot seems to indicate that chatting back and forth should be done through the PM system. Don't get me wrong I actually have no opinion on chatting back and forth, what I am interested in is to understand how and why discussions that don't seem to violate guidelines get deleted. I still can't fathom the idea of so many evil people sitting there doing nothing but forming gangs to get other people's discussions knocked out. I still think there is some mechanical computerized device at work as well. Thanks again, and yes you are right maybe I am a bit naive.

You are not a fool lindalinda simply trusting and perhaps a bit naive. No offence is meant by that - I was the very same here at one point - espescially as I always look for some good in others! Over the last year I have seen what can happen and believe me a group of people can have a discussion deleted - it has been proved in the past! Why they would want to do it I have no idea but they do! The automated deletion sounds like a good theory sweety but in that case it would either not post it at all or it would delete the post almost straight away - not only after certain people have either responded or read and reported it - they make up their own reasons but mylot after a certain number of complaints will delete the discussion without checking it! This is sad but true! xxx

lol incase you dont watch hockey, that's our national anthem. Lol you probably know that.. but i thought i'd state it for those who may not ;)

Sissy, I think that's completely lovely. Thank you!

I don't watch hockey, Sissy, but I still enjoy the song! thank you again, silly!

well you know I'm here and ready for battle..lol. You know who it is??

They are definitely out for blood, Misheleen. But they're so completely out of their minds! And they have really lousy ratings! So how do they get away with this? We're going to do something - I don't know what yet, but we're going to do something. There are enough of us to band together on this. And I think that's what it's going to end up taking. I'm talking to Lounge about it. Thanks for chiming in here, Mish. We'll let you know.

Yes, and thank you. We'll let you know when we are ready to call out the troops.

the person that gets deletions done is about 50, they realise they have amounted to nothing, no friends, family don't contact them. they wear glittery makeup on thier face, (male) and look like a glam rocker from the 70's (ie Marc bolan from trex) they report any discussions that appear popular as they stare into a full length mirror and play with themselves. only 1 - 2 get deleted a night as they 'come' as soon as they report them, thus retiring to thier bed of nails to inflict further self suffering. this is based on FBI profiling so i would love to hear from a serial deleter to prove me wrong.

After they come, they retire to their bed of nails! Great, Xbox, just great! No one but you could have described that so well. Yeah, I'd like a serial deleter to challenge that one, too. But' I'm sure they'll stay far away from this one - it's way too on target for their tastes. I'm just glad that we have you in our corner, along with so many other wonderful posters and friends. Kisses to you, baby, many, many kisses.

Yes, there was a certain amount of 'style' to the nazi uniforms, wasn't there? You're right,the fanny who gets this nonsense done probably wears feather boas and chains. No, that's you, isn't it? :) Ok, what do you think they wear? You've got the imagination for this one, Xbox! I'm dying to hear....

THANK YOU, Pola. I hope we can keep those candles burning. We certainly need them.

Hanging there....:)

I have lit one for my friends that was awesome thanks pola! I hope you are ok with the snow hun.. I'm close to Chicago and we were buried practically...

Loungeact needs to send a private message to myLot asking why their post was deleted. If they deleted it just become someone made an unjustifiable report, they will investigate and put the discussion back up if merited.

Oh, it's merited, all right! I just don't have the time right now for all this, but I'll be back later and we'll see what we can do. Thanks, patgalca.

Yeah, your response and everything else too. There might be a record of it, actually there probably IS a record of it, made by the poster, Loungeact. This is the third, at least, discussion of his that has been deleted in the past day or two. Someone's out for blood, his blood, as sure as I'm sitting here. And it's innocent blood, patgalca, innocent. Thanks for answering. Maybe between all of us, we'll get to the bottom of this, although this one will probably be deleted too.

That's exactly what I'm trying to figure out. Raijin sent me a PM asking me the same thing - he was trying to answer it too when it disappeared. This just doesn't make any sense at all, Angel.

And I'm about ready to go for my carry-permit!

The particular Canadian I'm talking about is undeservedly missing here, asawako. Can't quite get my head around your answer here.

You're right, Progamer, it is disturbing. How anything like that might 'merit' deletion is beyond me. I don't think that any question of merit is even considered here. I think it must be simply willynilly at some level. Sure, some discussions offend the powers that be,or break rules and guidelines, but others, like the one you mention, are help-mate kinds of things and have no basis for deletion whatsoever. I don't know. I'll never know. If you ever figure it out, please enlighten me. But I think we're both going to be in the dark on this one for a long time to come.

thank you, but it wasn't my discussion that got deleted. It was a discussion that had Canada in the title. It is part of a long on-going dispute between a couple of persons here.

Well, Mr.Schitzo, how lovely to hear from you! Yes, those bus drivers do love their small modicum of power, don't they? Like so many others in those kinds of positions, they must seize it where they will and run with it, lest they never again catch a glimpse. As to exterminating horse clad police forces, who knows? Power is a funny thing - depends on who's wielding it - sometimes you get the elevator, sometimes you get the shaft. In this case, we have gotten the shaft and I'd like to see these particular wielders at the bottom of the elevator, drowning like rats. Do pop up again, please. You lend my day much needed color.