It was not removed, it was locked. Why is anyone even surprised? The thread became a XT trollfest and everyone went completely off-topic (discussing XT =/= price speculation).
So because you disagreed with most of the views there that made it a troll fest.
Are you serious? You don't see how horrible that is.
And no it wasn't a troll fest. It was just people that disagreed with.
Unlock the thread, now.