I joined the City-Data Forum a couple of years ago just to share information of interest with others. I am heavy on sharing lessons learned with others so they do not repeat my mistakes. I made my first and only post back in September. I returned in January to make additional posts to the thread on the same subject.in the initial post, I included a link to an article I wrote that offered additional insight. That post stood untouched. When I returned with additional posts and additional links, a moderator named SunnyKayak inflicted a two point "infraction" on me and suspended my posting privileges for 72 hours, claiming that I engaged in advertising in violation of the rules. When I demanded to talk to the supervisor, Yac, that moderator supported the first one. Furious, I began researching this forum and learned the ugly truth. It has degenerated into a control cult for the moderators. Worse, the supposedly "unbiased" data is anything but that since these same moderators conveniently delete whatever posts oppose their narrow though undefined agendas.
I do not intend to support this site further. Sadly, its setting disallow anyone who ever registered there from deleting posts or accounts. However, a Federal Trade Commission (FTC) complaint may be in order here. The site claims to be "unbiased" but clearly is not. This violates FTC regulations against fraud.
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