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Ok, I'm not trying to be antagonistic here, but hopefully someone can help me understand the reasoning.

The original thread "Pies for a good cause (Boston)" got moved to Shameless Promotions, presumably because the first (though no subsequent) post had to do with a promotional event between the state-wide cyclist-advocacy group anda local retailer. Seems a little strained, but fine.

But now it seems that the thread about a ride that had absolutely nothing to do with the above (as a promotional event--we was just hungry and thinking about pie) has been merged into same and deleted. Can someone explain?

Apparently there was a problem that a thread over a week old mentioned a not-for-profit for-cyclists'-benefit promotion. That's cool. Subsequently I started a thread about a fixed gear/single speed ride that occurred today that happened to visit the same pie shop previously mentoned. I don't work for or have any other relationship with said shop apart from having eaten a slice of their pie (which was, incidentally, delightful--apple cranberry... mmmm...).

What's up? Frankly it's rude to keep moving this stuff around without so much as a "by the way".

Mysterious moving posts? Why am I getting a sense of de-ja-vu?

I think the stupidest part of it all was that the pie benefit had already ended, and the thread was a week old when it was moved.
It was moved when trevor was announcing a ride, as to not create any additional threads.

This place makes no sense.

The moderators have to chill out on the moved threads.

amen brother

The moderators have to chill out on the moved threads.

indeed sir!

*edit*

wait... this has nothing to do with fixies... moved in three, two...

Oh, and I'll add to my gripe that the message I posted to the new thread was edited when it was merged with the old thread.

It's one thing to mistake where a thread should or shouldn't be. I believe that whoever moved it made a mistake but they think I'm wrong.

But it's a whole other matter to rewrite someone else's words to omit something with which you don't agree or for any other reason without their consent. That's unacceptable in any venue and I would expect that if my writing needs to be changed that someone would have the courtesy to run it by me, before, after, or any other way.

I would have loved to take all this up privately with the person who did the moving and the editing, but not only was I not told that my messagse were being moved but the person who moved the threads didn't even have the courtesy to identify themselves in-thread with some statement along the lines of, "Hey, gotta move this. Sorry."

Is it really that hard to exercise some common courtesy?

here's an idea - PM the mods.

if you want to know that answer to a question, ask the person(s) directly. This type of feedback can be beneficial to creating an environment that is appealing to all participants.

Should I PM them all? If I do that, do I need to individually message each of the 12 people who might have been responsible?

Like I said, I would have loved to have contacted the responsible party privately to discuss the matter but I have no idea who did it.

I am glad to see that there's a forum (no play on words intended) for providing this feedback and my bad for not directing it appropriately.

Report the post that is in shameless promotions and ask a reason. I don't know who moved it (or even what the thread was about) If you report it directly you mght find someone accountable.

and yes I agree, threads moved should be notified to the person posting the thread. Except for obvious spam I think most of us attempt to do this.

http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=91815

The above is the thread. The last message, about the ride, was posted to a new thread after the original thread got moved.

I meant click on spam. I will do it for you, this way all the mods will see it.

Ah... never occurred to me. Thanks.

and it moved!

I dont get it?