While I appreciate having a place to leave feedback, I have noticed that my oldest ideas were long since deleted and an idea posted last night - which was approved - was deleted just because I fixed a typo. Since I have never posted an idea that violates any of the rules that makes me feel like posts are deleted arbitrarily.
I imagine it went like this:
1.) Post was created.
2.) Someone saw it, determined it was fine, and allowed it to proceed.
3.) I fixed a typo.
4.) Someone else saw it, and for whatever reason decided it was not fine.
5.) Ideas vanish.
This either suggests that - internally - mods disagree as to what constitutes a violation OR that there was something in my own edit that made it a violation. I really have no way of knowing and that's a problem. Just by giving people the impression of arbitrary deletion weakens the system. Then people go on other forums and complain about it and stop sharing their ideas here, which is a shame.
At this point I don't know what to expect. Did fixing typos actually change the post enough to make it violate somehow? I have no choice but to try posting again and hope for the best.
What is needed is a consistant internal policy combined with feedback for why a post was deleted. For the post last night, since I don't know why one mod liked it and another didn't like it (maybe the edit made it no longer comply?) I had no choice but to rewrite it and hope for the best, but if I had appropriate feedback I would be able to do better.
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