Why did my post get pulled?

November 15, 2007 2:24 AM

Just attempted to post a thread last night, but got pulled. What happened? Can I rearrange this and post it properly? I think the user community would find this interesting, and the public ought to be able to hear about it from an intelligent public forum such as this. What are your thoughts?
posted by AngryVICTIM to work & money (15 comments total)

I think you meant to put this on MetaTalk, no?
posted by allkindsoftime at 2:28 AM on November 15, 2007

AngryVICTIM: your post is being discussed here.
posted by misteraitch at 2:29 AM on November 15, 2007

I think that your thread will be pulled as well.
posted by dmt at 2:45 AM on November 15, 2007

Can I rearrange this and post it properly?

No.

I think the user community would find this interesting

You are wrong.

the public ought to be able to hear about it from an intelligent public forum such as this.

It is not a public forum, and the reason that it is intelligent is because there are so few posts like that one.

What are your thoughts?

I think that this question is going to be deleted too.
posted by grouse at 2:47 AM on November 15, 2007 [1 favorite]

Doh!
posted by a_green_man at 2:49 AM on November 15, 2007

Geez, reading the comments so far you'd think he -had- posted this on the grey.

AngryVICTIM, the way you formatted your post was more suited to a personal blog, or maybe a megaphone sermon in a public square. Try reading some other posts to see what kind of style is appropriate for metafilter.
posted by tehloki at 2:52 AM on November 15, 2007

I sdalute you indefatigability!
posted by Abiezer at 2:54 AM on November 15, 2007 [1 favorite]

I've got a question for you, if you don't mind:

Your question this morning is reasonable, succinct, has correct punctuation... Ok, you posted it in the wrong place (ask is for general stuff, meta is for stuff about the site), but you're not exactly the first person to make that mistake. Even your comment history is reasonable. So... what the hell happened last night?

BTW, the original post is about you, which is why it got pulled. You can't really fix that.
posted by Leon at 2:56 AM on November 15, 2007

Your post can't be rewritten in any acceptable way, because it's about yourself and a problem you have, and that's against the guidelines. Reposting anything like it again with working links would make you a self-linker, and that will get your account banned.

If you have a website or blog you want people in MeFi to know about, put a post in Projects.

Unfortunately, this post is going to be deleted too, because once again you've broken the guidelines. Don't ask questions pertaining to MetaFilter in ask.metafilter.com.

You should contact the moderators directly if you have questions, or poke your head into the MetaTalk thread that's been set up about you.
posted by ardgedee at 3:23 AM on November 15, 2007

The above 'contact' link is wrong. Contact the moderators directly.
posted by ardgedee at 3:26 AM on November 15, 2007

I'm on your side! More like this, please!
posted by Wolof at 3:34 AM on November 15, 2007 [2 favorites]

You should really get your own blog. Have you tried getting one from Bitrixteam.com? They are a great company that offers a wonderful service. I encourage everyone here to contact them right away!
posted by ND¢ at 3:37 AM on November 15, 2007 [8 favorites]

There is a great consumer website where you might be able to get help from users who love going after nefarious businesses, it's called The Consumerist. There's NOWHERE on Metafilter where your post will stay up.
posted by By The Grace of God at 3:48 AM on November 15, 2007

I think it's a grammar and readability issue AngryVICTIM. If you would've been more coherent about the matter, it might've stayed (and I might have stuck around to reading it).

Think about the reader next time you post.
posted by PoopyDoop at 4:03 AM on November 15, 2007

Morning!
posted by OmieWise at 4:13 AM on November 15, 2007