The Crystal Ball

[JG52Uther]

Originally Posted by gwalch

Ihave noticed that posts are changed,dropped or deleted willynilly on this forum.
Post seem to be altered to reflect a different opinion by deletion of one or two sentences to give more "posotitive"feel.
Out of interest,who does this and why?

Don't know. I usually edit posts when they contain swearing, which is of course against the rules.You will usually just see **** instead of the swear word. Personal attacks on other members are just deleted. Attacks on the devs are also deleted. Trolling posts are usually just deleted. Quite often posts are moved to a more relevant sub forum. Sometimes (quite often unfortunately) you will have a few individuals who just want to have a row in a thread, and a load of their posts will get deleted, which can sometimes make a thread look a little strange. Blame them for breaking the rules (when they finish their bans) not the mod team for having to clear up their mess.
Sometimes people are warned, sometimes banned, sometimes a post is deleted and no action is taken, but the forum is a nicer place to visit.
I would never edit a post to give a more 'positive feel' as you put it, and I don't think I have ever seen that on this forum.
Apart from that, be sure to read the rules again if you have not already as discussing moderator actions is prohibited. There is an email contact on the rules page to contact admin.