Originally Posted by
Mickidon
My complaint about TA message boards in the censoring of comments on discussion forums, to strike pretty much any negative discussion about a destination, consistent with the OP's comment about
the priority being protecting the potential advertiser's interests. On several of the boards I frequent, any mention of crime, etc. is swept away at an alarming speedy rate.
That said, some of the boards have incredibly helpful regulars who can provide excellent advice.
Part of the problem is that TA does not have moderators like FT, or most any other discussion sites. They leave the policing up to the posters by letting them report posts they don't like. After so many reports, it gets zapped automatically. This allows cliques to kill off posts they don't like. If a post says "removed by the TA community" it means it was users that killed it and nobody at TA looked at it. You can contact a real TA employee to get them reinstated, but they are difficult to find.