Another thread just vanished from Miles Buzz. This one had the word "Censored" in the subject line. Apparently that is a no-no. It lasted for about one hour. It is gone now without a trace of where or why. The thread was not rude nor unfair or flaming anyone, but had several very reasonable comments by people like Doppy and Tango on a very pertinent topic.

If someone here had set out to deliberately discourage some of the most careful and thoughful posters on Flyer Talk, they could not do better than what they are doing now.

As a generic example of the current folly of moving posts, consider the treatment of fare deals, one of the most useful functions a forum such as FlyerTalk can offer. If fare deals are originally posted in Mileage Run, they can stay (but the title, Mileage Run, is not a forum title that would encourage many to look for fare deals). However, when fare deals are posted somewhere else, like Mileage Buzz, they are almost always quickly removed.

When removed, fare postings appear to go first to Misplaced Threads. You can find some now that have languished there for several days.

Where they go then, I don't know, but it probably doesn't matter, for their usefulness is usually gone.

It is beyond my comprehension why any forum like Flyer Talk, claiming to help frequent flyers, would deliberately try to hide items, of which fare deals are only one example, not to say hide some of the most useful and helpful comments made on Flyer Talk.

I am not sure many FT'ers ever read this board, but, hopefully, someone in the management area does check it at least once in a while.

Bruce