For one I see that Frank apparently had one of his posts deleted last night.
I see some blame going around and some accusations of the chipboard moderators having something to do with this.
I can say that I personally know and am friends with just about all (if not all) the fine people that help moderate on this board.
I cannot believe for a minute that any one of them deleted this post intentionally.
Something that the casual reader of this board does not know is that there are literally hundreds of spam posts that hit this board every day. From sales posts, to sexually oriented websites, to pure garbage. Including one person that continues to spew political garbage at every chance he can.
Most people dont see these posts because of the tireless effort of these moderators and I believe their effort is to be applauded.
I cant say what happened to Franks post as I for one cant see any of the people I know deleting a post on any topic from a known poster. The ONLY posts that are allowed to be deleted are those that are truly spam or those made using vulgar language.
The only thing I can think that has happened is that while someone was deleting the multiple messages from the troll that mistakenly someone grabbed this post by mistake. I do know that when I usually look for troll posts one of the sure giveaways is the lack of an email which is something Frank does not include in his posts.
I am not in any way placing blame on frank or any other poster for that matter who chooses not to provide an email, but that is just my guess as to what may have happened.
I can say for sure that I did not or would never delete an appropriate post.
I am very sorry to hear what has happened to Frank and even more sorry to hear that he has decided to not renew his membership over this incident as I was looking forward to sharing a scotch and cigar with him at the Southpointe.
I know it has been said before but I cant stress it enough.... THIS CHIPBOARD IS NOT THE CLUB.
The club has hundreds and hundreds of fantastic members whos generosity never ceases to amaze me. What this board has are a few VERY vocal members and some non members as well. Please dont take anything you hear on this board as coming from the as many of the views expressed here do not reflect the views of the club or the overall membership.
Thank you moderators and Greg Susong for helping clear this trash and making the chipboard experience all that it can be.
Doug
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