ApteraForum.com Too Moderated

[Matthijs]

Your post is right here just read http://www.apteraforum.com/showpost....ostcount=16And next time look if there is already a topic posted.

[jimgolian]

Originally Posted by Matthijs

Your post is right here just read http://www.apteraforum.com/showpost....ostcount=16And next time look if there is already a topic posted.

Yes, that is my post which was moved by a moderator. It originally was under a topic I created.

Matthijs, I applaud you for being a moderator, but the fact that my topic was deleted and my post (that you referred to above) was moved to another existing topic is what I am talking about. I just feel like it's too moderated here.

I can see a moderator temporarily banning bickering members, but moving posts doesn't make a newbie feel too good. Maybe it's ok to have duplicate topics. At other forums I go to which I've been a member for years I see duplicate posts all the time from newbies, and more often than not members are willing to help out.

[Matthijs]

Ok so this forum needs to be like all other forums? If you read the guidlines we made up you could have seen how we prefer to handle posts. In this case we already had 3 topics on the subject. So please keep contributing here but please respect the little guidlines we have. Also note that nothing you posted on the forum was deleted.

[jimgolian]

Originally Posted by Matthijs

Ok so this forum needs to be like all other forums? If you read the guidlines we made up you could have seen how we prefer to handle posts. In this case we already had 3 topics on the subject. So please keep contributing here but please respect the little guidlines we have. Also note that nothing you posted on the forum was deleted.

Ok, maybe this forum is not for me. I'll prob go hide in my shell for a while and I might come back if I am welcome. I'll continue to post to this thread though. As a long term newbie I have never felt like I really participated here, except with this thread.

I will note that my posts were not deleted, but my topics were indeed deleted.

[Matthijs]

If you do not feel welcome here that is a pity. All your posts are still on the forum and I asked nicely if you would like to keep contributing. You can also reply to posts all you want. So we deleted one topic because we already had 3 similar ones? I hope you will be fine with our guidelines and keep posting. It is just the way we choose to deal with postings. Thank you.

[motoxo]

i'd like to say that find this forum to be a thriving community of very smart individuals about a car that we'll all probably never get to buy.

... i applaud and thank our volunteer moderators.

(i do sometimes feel like the "special" one of the group since i only understand about 50% of the physics and probably none of the equations.)