Quote from: iCEBREAKER on August 30, 2015, 08:35:03 AM

Quote from: Peter R on August 30, 2015, 08:01:19 AM

Anyways, he's had to relocate his thread to a new location:

http://bitco.in/forum/threads/gold-collapsing-bitcoin-up.16/

Could you possibly be any more melodramatic? "Had to relocate" makes it sound like Frap.doc was chased out (with only the clothes on his back) by violent men bearing assault rifles and German Shepards.

Frap.doc was welcome to continue his XT cheerleader thread in the proper altcoin sub.

But that wasn't good enough for him; he demanded it remain in place on the main board.

So it was locked, because there is no 'Frap.doc exemption' to the rules against altcoin shilling in the Bitcoin forum.

Although we all delight in the lulz provided by the piteous wailings of the Gavanistas, I must voice my opposition to closing cypherdoc's epic gold thread.

- For one, the thread was not on the 'main' board. It was on speculation which always has been a wasteland beyond any redemption. Even by trolltalk standards.

- For two, that thread in particular had a long history of drifting way way way off-topic. It was noted back in the low double digits of it's ultimate 1500 pages.

- For three, ya, some people were shilling (probably...or at least heavily cheerleading) for XT and other alts. Other's were countering.

- For four, there always was a smattering of completely on-topic conversation through the long life of the thread. It simply waxed and wained depending on how boring gold/btc prices were and how many more interesting things were on the threat board.

I myself have had a post revoked for drifting off-topic recently. Admittedly it was the case compared to the OP, but it was relevant to the thread of conversation which was associated with shilling and possible state involvement. I would suggest to ~theymos that one of the most compelling things about his board is that it is damn difficult to end up being censored and I imagine that a lot of people feel that way. Some of his mods might indeed be getting a bit heavy handed.