Since then I've received a message from your admin informing me my 2nd song has been deleted and not to do it again.
Hi Alan
I'm Tone, the forum admin, and it's the first I've heard of this. I haven't PMd you nor deleted any of your threads.
This is not what I meant when I said mods could gently and politely guide new members if the one song per week GUIDELINE wasn't being observed.
So I apologise if you've been on the wrong end of some heavy-handed moderation. It doesn't happen often, and you were unlucky enough to join during a rare period of turmoil.
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Thanks to everyone who's contributed to this thread. I apologise that I can't implement a system that keeps everyone happy all the time, but I do believe the way it's run currently is the best compromise.
I don't think creating a closed forum is a good solution because it creates divisions between the members. If you want to talk to anyone or group of members privately, don't forget that you can use the PM system.
As for the forum leaching members, it's just normal for a forum to have a pretty dynamic flow of members. Some stay for a few weeks or months while posting very regularly, others stay for years and post once in a while.
If any long-standing members have left because of feeling disgruntled about the reviews forum (and not come back again after a rest) then none of them has said anything to me about it.
I hope you can see that even though I'm too busy to spend as much time on the forum as I'd like, I do care very much about this place, and I want to see it thrive.
If anyone wants to post any suggestions to this page or PM me, of course I will listen to any point of view.