Sure, let's all be open here.
One, when members are banned, their posts are removed. It's the standard. 16 or so of those threads were started by a member who got a small vacation from TAW, not to mention we had several reports on them and came to the unanimous decision they should be moved. We take the blame for that.
Other threads, I honestly don't even know what threads those are, but all staff actions are able to be appealed if you would like to do so. It won't be TAW staff who handles the appeal, it'll be a third party.
Xenia and I are more than ready to be open here, even at the sake of losing our positions. Look, we signed up to help, and that's what we're here for. It's not worth it to me, or Xenia, to keep trying to make things right when we're hurting feelings in the process... but since we're all being open and honest here, it's not right that no one else here is doing all the hard work behind the scenes that she is doing... a very, very thankless and time-consuming job... yet has a lot of spiteful things to say.
It's come to my attention through a PM that people are going to be avoiding the new DnA website and have avoided OP simply because Xenia is a staff member there. Whether that's true or not, that makes me sick, disgusted, and hurt. I'm a catechumen and I don't commune, but aren't you all one Body?
I don't even see what the fuss is all about. Banned members get their posts removed, and this one for good reason, because TAW members themselves requested they be removed. It's true that you can't please everybody, but that's why there are PMs and the appeals system... coming to TAW and getting bashed wasn't something I imagined I'd be dealing with over a year ago when I was here for inquiry into the faith.
And why? Because I'm trying to help? And how much worse is it, when the same is being done to Xenia who is Orthodox and has been here way longer than I have.
Xenia has a thread up now to address these issues. What she's posting could very well cause some stipulations, but she felt that's what's right. I hope it goes to show that she is not in some holier-than-thou elite position... she's a friend, and a sister, and a member on this same forum, who goes behind the scenes to try and help in very time-consuming and thankless ways.
Again, if you don't like the 'transparency' take it to CF as a whole, not to the individuals trying to help the community through the rules which it has set.