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[Adam H]

Before I say anything else, I honestly don't care its been deleted, this isnt a "im pissed" thread, more of a info seeking thread. Not sold a domain or bought one for holding purposes for a few years, so its not like i really need the post up.

But the deletion reason was that the .com's that I posted were not UK related.........

For my information and future referance. Can someone explain how ANY of the listings in the .com section, more or less related to the UK than the ones I posted ? 99% of that entire section gibberish " brandables" or generics.

Not sure what classifies mine below any different to the ones already in that section.

 

[Helmuts]

Good evening, Adam,

Thank you for your message. I understand that this situation can potentially upset you.

After all the recent changes - the community has expressed a strong preference for UK-centric forum (and domains).

After the period of historical over-moderation, we have been somewhat slow to remove content and ads that aren't relevant to the UK.

Additionally, it seems that everyone with moderating rights is a bit unsure about the rules, and I take responsibility for that.

I am the one who consistently removes ads from the .com category when the advertised domain names are not related to UK businesses or cannot be used by them. .. and do this in small batches (just removed other 10 ads).

Apart from this, we are gradually removing all news feeds that are not UK-centric.

I often receive upset direct messages when I remove a .com ad for a domain name that isn’t related to the UK.

Yes, it is sad to see users upset, but this is the only way to maintain Acorn as a UK-centric forum.

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May I ask you something? I have noticed that you are a knowledgeable person with great integrity. Would you be interested in helping us keep Acorn clean by volunteering as a moderator?

All the success and great evening!!

Best wishes!! Helmuts

 

[Adam H]

No it really hasnt upset me lol, it was a geninue question. I posted the same thread over at DNforum too so not a big deal, just seemed like double standards compared to what was already in that section.

Thanks for the offer, but I don't have enough time to run my own sites let alone anyone elses

 

[Helmuts]

No it really hasnt upset me lol, it was a geninue question. I posted the same thread over at DNforum too so not a big deal, just seemed like double standards compared to what was already in that section.

Thanks for the offer, but I don't have enough time to run my own sites let alone anyone elses

Thank you for understanding. Yes, we need to clean that section asap - you are 100% correct. Best!!