<p>My attention has been drawn to the following provision of the terms of service, so I wanted to draw your attention to it as well:
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Out of respect for both moderators and policies, discussion of moderator actions and forum policies is welcomed via e-mail; these issues are off-topic for the forums.
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This explains the disappearance of certain threads. So if anyone in the future is considering questioning anything the moderators do, my advice is don't. Your thread will be expunged.</p>