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[quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous]Why you deleted my posts in the junker car thread where I suggested a bike as an alternative if the commute is only 1.5 miles?

You did this twice.

It wasn't inflammatory. It wasn't even off-topic. OP is motivated to save money by selling her expensive car and downsize to a junker. Suggesting a bike commute for a 1.5 mile trip hardly seems out of bounds. I wasn't trying to derail the thread -- it was a valid suggestion made in good faith. A bike might cost $200. A junker car would be $2,000.[/quote]

In two separate threads yesterday, you were the first responder and failed to address the topic. In the thread that you are referencing here, the OP was asking about junker cars and, as you mention here, you replied about bikes. That is not addressing the OP's post and, as the first response, was likely to immediately turn the thread off-topic.

In the second example, you twice replied as the first responder to a poster asking about a specific author to say that you had never heard of the author. What useful input could you possibly provide about an author of whom you had never heard? Why would you bother to reply to such a thread? Clearly, other posters have heard of the author and, rather than your posts setting a negative tone for the thread, were able to provide substantive responses

I am getting constant complaints about DCUM being mean and even the most mundane threads turning snarky and unhelpful. I am trying to change that trend, so expect more of this. If your posts are deleted, please don't repost saying, that you don't know why your post was deleted -- that will only be deleted as well. If you don't want your post to be deleted, post on-topic and helpful responses -- particularly if you are the first responder.
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