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TV ClubHouse: ARCHIVES: Big Brother USA 2003 General Discussions Part 1: If A Thread Disappears Where Does It Go?

Creampuff

Friday, August 22, 2003 - 01:13 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I am referring to the 'Robert's Ex-Wife' thread which I started yesterday. It's not showing up in Archives or Outside Of The House either. I'm curious. Mods, was there a reason for it's removal?

Xarph

Friday, August 22, 2003 - 02:16 am EditMoveDeleteIP
The friendly TVCH moderators damn them to thread hell.

hell

Philamom

Friday, August 22, 2003 - 05:06 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I'm curious, too. I was just looking for the "Robert's ex-wife" thread, and it's gone. I even tried to access it through my profile, in the "recent posts" section, because I just posted in that thread last night. I got this message: "Private Discussion. The discussion you attempted to access is not available for public viewing."

I've never seen a whole thread censored before. Any explanation, mods?

Cricket

Friday, August 22, 2003 - 06:14 am EditMoveDeleteIP
It acutally disappeared as I was going in to read it. It showed on the board and I went it and it said "no longer exists" or something like that and poof, it wasn't on the board anymore when I backed out. It was weird.

I don't know where it is, but have a good idea why it went.

Squaredsc

Friday, August 22, 2003 - 06:22 am EditMoveDeleteIP
maybe go to the clubhouse link above and check out the info bout moderation? i remember it being there before tar but i didn't check in after that so something must've happened that wasn't too good.

Wiseguy

Friday, August 22, 2003 - 06:23 am EditMoveDeleteIP
new poster here, so be gentle. But I've been lurking for years
I'm more of a reader then a writer and I like reading the posts. Its weird that a whole discussion is gone.I was thinking maybe this site was taking heat about talking about Robert's ex and daughter. Possible? Caues I don't understand otherwise. But if that's what happened, i guess the heat is coming from Rob's family. And if they can't stand the heat, they should never have gone into the kitchen (to parephrase a saying).

Gidget

Friday, August 22, 2003 - 06:27 am EditMoveDeleteIP
If I had to guess, I would say the thread was removed because only the house guests in the house are eligible for discussion.

I did not read the thread. The mods may have let it go but I'm sure they would not let it get too personal.

Natascha did not sign up for the show. Robert did.

Marymary

Friday, August 22, 2003 - 06:48 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Yes...but she allowed herself and her daughter to be filmed to be shown on national television.

Philamom

Friday, August 22, 2003 - 06:49 am EditMoveDeleteIP
To play devil's advocate, though, I seem to remember during BB1 there was LOTS of discussion about George's wife, when she did her campaign against Brittany. I don't remember that discussion disappearing -- but I admit my memory isn't great for things that happened 4 years ago.

And there's currently a thread called "Justin's family", not to mention that Ali's current boyfriend has been discussed -- something about a murder in his family. There has also been lots written about Jack and his ex-wife. And there's still a lot of discussion about Robert, his ex-wife, and his daughter in the America's Choice thread.

So it's baffling as to why this particular thread has been pulled. Natasha may not have signed up for the show, but once she decided to let her daughter and herself appear on the show, she opened herself up for comments. Just my opinion.

But an explanation for this would still be nice. :)

Crossfire

Friday, August 22, 2003 - 06:55 am EditMoveDeleteIP
The thread got nasty. It was probably pulled to avoid further conflict. I wouldn't worry about it, I think all the good interesting talk was done.

Philamom

Friday, August 22, 2003 - 07:19 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I'm having trouble remembering any real nastiness in that thread ... there was a discussion about how attractive the ex-wife was, about how old she was, about how she spoke well about Robert, and a discussion about whether kids should be allowed to watch BB ... I suppose it could have gotten nasty, but it seemed okay the last time I read it (I think that was about 9:30 PM eastern).

And if a particular poster gets nasty, why wouldn't his or her post just get moderated? Why delete the whole thread?

I'm not worried about it, but I am very curious. LOL, I don't like mysteries. And I also think the posters should be the ones who decide when "all the good interesting talk is done."

Cricket

Friday, August 22, 2003 - 07:22 am EditMoveDeleteIP
"And I also think the posters should be the ones who decide when "all the good interesting talk is done."

Very good point, Philamom. I concur.

Crossfire

Friday, August 22, 2003 - 07:25 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Yeah, that was all the good and interesting talk I alluded to. But I think you missed the part about...well I best not say. :)

I am like you though in that I get intensely curious when a thread disappears. I'd give almost anything to read the thread boneyard. Hehehe.

Philamom

Friday, August 22, 2003 - 07:26 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Thanks Cricket. :)

Philamom

Friday, August 22, 2003 - 07:30 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Oh, so I did miss something? (Now I'm even more curious, LOL. Can't you whisper the details in my ear, Cross?) Thanks -- I guess that's as good an explanation as I'm going to get.

Cinder

Friday, August 22, 2003 - 07:37 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I did not stick around long enough to see the thread disapppear- but my guess is that first posters began attacking Natasha's choices- and then attacking each other on a debatable issue.

Squaredsc

Friday, August 22, 2003 - 07:38 am EditMoveDeleteIP
its what moderation is all about. it is what it is.

Crossfire

Friday, August 22, 2003 - 07:43 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Sticking around was really difficult last night, the board was creaking big time, it was quite slow for a couple of hours there.

I wonder though, we might be able to revive a similar topic in the outside the house area if there is anything left to discuss.

Moderator

Friday, August 22, 2003 - 08:04 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Sorry, but I was the one who removed it last night. It became one big ugly slamfest and the board was sooooo slow that I had no other choice to remove it because it was impossible to clean up with the way the board was acting.

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Crossfire

Friday, August 22, 2003 - 08:07 am EditMoveDeleteIP
That makes sense. If we had a hard time reading it, mods would have had a hard time moderating it.

Cricket

Friday, August 22, 2003 - 08:13 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Ahhhh, so it was just a victim of circumstance. Thanks, mod. The board was really goofy because of the expected 'twist.'

Pbnj

Friday, August 22, 2003 - 08:17 am EditMoveDeleteIP
welcome wiseguy....keep posting!

Cinder

Friday, August 22, 2003 - 08:18 am EditMoveDeleteIP
FOTH went off at the SAME time Amazing Race was over. I know the "twist" probably generated the most traffic- but Amazing Race may have contirbuted.

Creampuff

Friday, August 22, 2003 - 08:26 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Hi Everyone!

I see I was not the only curious one. My only purpose in bringing it up was that I can't stand it when something out of the norm happens and I don't know why!


MODERATOR:

Thanks for solving the mystery of the missing thread! It really did exceed expectations so I certainly understand your reason(s) for removal.

Philamom

Friday, August 22, 2003 - 08:38 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Ahhh ... that makes sense. It was extremely slow last night -- I tried to get back on about 10:00 PM eastern, but I kept getting "Connection timed out" error. So I gave up.

Thanks for the official explanation, Mod. Mystery solved. :)