Dear Agoracom folks,

I am curious about the recent activity of posts being removed as of late. More specifically it appears as if some of the posts that are being removed are posts which question some of the actions of companies and/or post information regarding that company.

My understanding of true discourse is that to get a true understanding/analysis of a company that one looks at the positives of the company and at the same time takes a realistic approach and also looks at the negatives of the company.

It would appear that many of the posts which have been removed have been posts that provide realistic information about any given company (I for one had a post removed from the ISM bb based on I provided a link to insider trading activity of ISM....I post factual information that can be substantiated through a web-link to a reputable source.....not quite sure why my post was removed).

I can understand that if folks get belligerent and get off topic with personal attacks/defamatory comments then their posts get deleted - however when legitimate query and informative posts are removed simply because they don't conform with Agoracom rules and regulations then I question the efficacy of a public forum discussion group.

Your clarification in this matter is greatly appreciated.

-B1-