A Request For More Transparency in Moderating

[Tyler Olds]

Originally Posted by frcguy

Usually, I don't contribute to threads like this. I have agreed wholeheartedly with all of the moderator decisions.

However, something happened yesterday that upset me.

A thread (https://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/s...hreadid=150490) was created by an anonymous user to air their grievances about the FIRST in CA board. Although it may have not been the best way to deal with their problem, in my opinion it was done in a polite way without naming specific individuals or harassing anyone. The user chose to be anonymous to protect them from repercussions and action towards themselves and (presumably) their team. Several people posted advice to the user in that thread, including myself and others.

When I woke up this morning, the thread had vanished. At first, I thought it wasn't showing up for some reason, so I went back to the link to the thread that I had saved. Nothing.

My question: Why did a thread asking for guidance in a respectful way get removed, but inflammatory and rude posts by other anonymous accounts remain?

What you talkin' about Willis?