Of course Homer Simpson would have you believe its the coast guard ;-)
Seriously though, can mods unilaterally do what they want on the boards or do they need to get confirmation from another mod before deleting posts and the like when its on a thread of the mods own making? When there's personal feelings involved -as there is in this situation- a mod's objectivity can and in this case did go out the door.
Yesterday I had a post edited/manipulated/censored without any note added to my post by the mod who changed it leading to a misrepresentation of my words and sentiment. Anyone who subsequently read that post would believe those were my words when they had been taken out of context. Its one thing to completely remove/delete a post, but to edit it, removing my criticism is wholly uncalled for. Is this common practice? How many other posts out there have been manipulated and changed from what the author originally wrote?
Can the users of this forum get some guarantee from the mods that if they wield their control panel powers to edit posts (as opposed to simply deleting them)that they will include a note saying as much. No one here should have their views misrepresented in such a manner.
For reference sake here are my original and mod edited posts. Was I being overly cynical or was I spot on? Either way, is it offensive or off topic enough to be deleted?
From the 'Test Drive Extravaganza' thread
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Assuming the Vette/S4 as the high end of what you're willing to spend on a car, here's a few more suggestions for your name dropping vanity project :-p
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Assuming the Vette/S4 as the high end of what you're willing to spend on a car, here's a few more suggestions:
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