Our moderation policy is that only the OP is notified of the reasons for thread removal. In this case, that was not possible. In addition, suicide threats, reports, etc., are removed. That is to prevent triggering others who are struggling as well as to address the issue of the person needing to seek the appropriate help - with professionals off line.
As this was a rare exception to the general situations, we don't have a policy or practice in place for this. Thankfully this is a rare occurrance.
I can understand the loss that is being experienced, as losing friends are a tragedy. I'm sorry that we were unable to handle the situation as member may have felt that it should have been handled. At the same time, this makes us aware of the concerns should we face this again in the future, and the need to discuss if there is another way to handle these situations.
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Here is what she said above. her being Kristen.NewCreation
Also Dr. you make some very good points. MY point was that it should not have been zapped without a word! I still feel that way but it's whatever now, but thanks for the different perspective. I liked Kristen's response because even though we still don't know ALL the reasons why at least it's not more of a mystery "things going on you know nothing about" like the other explanation. No offense Hammster but seriously grieving people are not always rational and that needs to be taken into consideration when explaining. It would have been better to just say we can't tell you why but we had to or something.
