Why are some of the posts getting MOVED or DELETED??

[christopher]

FIRST off, if you have not already done so, please read the following policy statement.
You can find the original posted in the RULES forum here.
http://www.snowestonline.com/forum/showthread.php?t=186710




On behalf of Harris Publishing and the SnoWest Forums.

SnoWest forum member:

This letter is intended to serve as an explanation of SnoWest's policy on the posting of material that is intended to cause trouble on the this forum.

Despite the fact that our direction is clear and firm, there continues to remain a small group of minority individuals who's chief purpose appears to be just stirring up contention and promoting never-ending drama. This is done through a variety of mechanisms -- polls, veiled recruiting drives for alternative sites, sarcastic disdain for the management and moderators of this site, and general complaints about policies and direction. Often, these attacks are thinly veiled in the hopes that they'll "slip through" and the attacker can claim they are innocent.

Unfortunately, all of this is a huge distraction from the real purpose of SnoWest -- which is, and will continue to be, Snowmobiling.

So, I'd like to make this extremely clear: While members are more than welcome to express their personal opinions and heartfelt thoughts on a wide range of Snowmobile related topics on SnoWest, we would like to state that the "bashing" of SnoWest, it's moderators, policies, direction, or staff will simply not be tolerated any longer.

We certainly recognize that everyone has a right to free speech. However, SnoWest is a private forum operated with private funds, by a private company. Many people often confuse the right to free speech with the privilege of being heard. Always remember that posting and participating on SnoWest is a privilege -- not a right. And it's a privilege we hope everyone will choose to continue to enjoy.

Threads and posts that are determined to contain this type of material will be removed from the forums from this point forward, and infractions will be issued where appropriate. Further, please understand that it is the policy of SnoWest and SnoWest moderators NOT to openly discuss or comment on the disciplinary actions taken against individuals who violate these rules.

To those who have been supportive and positive over the last few months -- THANK YOU!! We will continue to pile on improvements and listen to your feedback. It should be a great 2010!!

 

[christopher]

Now that you have read and familiarized yourself with the underlying policy as to why posts have been MOVED or DELETED, allow me to expand a little on this theme.


For the last several months now SnoWest has put up with these repetitive posts attacking the forums, the management, the moderators, the policies, ect ect..

We have seen and read the same thing from the same people again and again. We have replied and addressed as many of these Complaints/Whines as possible, but the same people simply will not let go, and continue on with their attacks day after week after month. At some point there comes a time when you say "ENOUGH IS ENOUGH". That point was reached this week.


Let me offer a little perspective on whats going on here, just so we can keep this relative to the big picture.


As of this moment, we have Thirty Seven Thousand Nine Hundred and Two members on SnoWest.
(Of those perhaps 1/10th of 1 percent are the seriously disgruntled who are the source of this trouble.)

As of this moment, we have One Hundred Thirty Four Thousand Seventy Five threads on SnoWest
(with over 1.75 million posts)

Of those, we have removed 93 total posts from the forum in compliance with the above policy.
That ads up to a mind-blowing 0.0005%


That leaves 99.9995% of the threads and posts on SnoWest untouched and unaffected by this.
And for this, our Moderators have been labeled as Nazis, using Storm Trooper Tactics by the very same people who are causing all the problems.


To those of you who have been waging this war I offer you three clear alternatives.

#1. End your campaign and once again start enjoying the purpose of this forum which was Snowmobiling.

#2. Continue on and see all your posts removed, and your account(s) closed.

#3. Leave and allow SnoWest and the other 99.9% of our members to get back to Snowmobiling.