I thought the yearbook thread was permanently deleted because there wasn't a "pro" to sponsor it, like Hal had done originally. As far as other threads that get "flagged" I do not know why they would not come back unless houzz thought it would just get "flagged" again immediately and then what's the point of bringing it back only to have someone continually tap the "flag" button.

no original yearbook threads vanished

You aren't talking about the actual yearbook then, just other threads that pertained to it? Were these public threads?

yes, i understand they may have been flagged but they would have come back. none did

Fun in the sun is gone again

since there was nothing at all in the thread that commented on anyone else or was derogatory I have to assume it was the copies of these they were trying to clean up.

What a surprise, it's gone again. @@

well emily just wrote a noncommital answer to one of these dilemmas so it is progress.

I don't see it, but that is a good thing. :)

no, i want people to see it. i want them to comment. i want it to be known that houzz now knows about it.

Can you post a link? I don't see it in Using Houzz or Other or Polls, where is it posted?

look above. went out of order. there was more? 2nd half-

HF

Of course there wasn't anything wrong with that thread! Everyone's
been going along just fine with fun, lighthearted comments. Could a
thread be any more "innocent"?!? It's awful to be a target about
nothing. This nonsense is getting old.

I still can't understand how the Houzz employer with the power to
delete threads is allowed to do this. One would think Houzz management
have real stuff to do on the Houzz site. Doesn't make any sense that
it's tolerated to yo,yo a thread. Houzz is a business & this
certainly isn't how a business is run!

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Define community? One person? Can one Houzz site influence one in a different country?

Emily Hurley

My intention was not meant to criticize US Houzz in any way. I have
absolutely nothing negative or complaints about this site. I think it's a
great site, easy to use & constantly updating valuable info.

Awhile ago I became aware of a Houzz site in another country where 1
or 2 people behind comments were successful at personally calling or
seeing the person who managed that site in their office. Their
communication wasn't on a public thread since it had nothing to do with
the website but was personal about other Houzzers. It's all very odd.

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so then elizabeth hurley, please explain the missing threads?

I do not deny fun is back. but maybe all the problems going on here
now are due to houzz deciding to pull threads and not return them for
some unknown reason.

hey, elizabeth hurley's comment is now gone!

Hi there,

As I explained previously, comments and threads are sometimes flagged by other users of the site and sent to moderation. When this occurs, those flagged comments and threads are reviewed by our team and are either removed or returned to public view.

If you have particularly diligent flaggers or if a thread starts to unravel and become something that is not in the best interest of a healthy community, this could happen more than once to the same thread. Occasionally threads may not be returned for this reason as well.

I will not go into the nitty gritty of how threads are flagged and how the moderation of those threads take place, as mechanisms that are in place to help maintain the health of any discussion community lose a great deal of effectiveness when they are publicly detailed and therefore more easily thwarted.

Know that we are working on ways to help insure that the flagging system in the advice section will be less easily abused and that should help find a bit more stability in the advice section as a whole.

I would encourage all to keep any personal bickering out of the advice section and try to remember that you are all here for a shared love of home. When personal issues between users become a distraction to the remaining community, that content can be removed.

If you have further issues please take advantage of our support system at support.houzz.com so issues can be addressed in a way that does not escalate personal situations in a public forum. Thanks!

once again the one thread is regarding a room with a snake on the floor there was no bickering. there was nothing not acceptable about the room. there was no reason not to return it. no one had even been there for a month or two. someone went in asked why there was a snake in on the rug and it was gone.

you see the problem is this has all been done behind closed doors, and things get said that prove to be untrue, i do not wish to return to that system. these problems affect many in the houzz community. and rarely is there bickering to the point of spamming threads except with certain people and they do most of it. but maybe it all has to do with houzz. if you remove threads like the yearbook threads without warning or maybe even a good reason, which is beginning to seem true, then you should be able to explain that reasoning to us. not give us vague pablem answers that in the end are not true anyway.

IMHO the problem stems from a new, young Houzz site with inexperienced management from a different country. Local Houzzers can have direct access to management by phone, email or can go directly into the Houzz office & be coerced in participating in personal issues that are about nothing. Can anyone imagine walking into the Houzz corporate offices on the USA site (wherever it is?) without an appointment & not as a professional?!? We'd probably be arrested for trespassing.

I was suddenly warned I had less than 1/2 hour to copy the Yearbook onto my computer because the whole thing was going to be deleted! No warning whatsoever. It did not come from the US site. I only know this because I contributed to the Yearbook & have ALL the emails. What's going on now is not about some top secret gov't agency. This is damaging & wrong to a reputable, good, solid Houzz website in the States.

1. OMT Awhile ago some of my ideabooks were gone too, all back. If it's on my "profile" page which I have control over (except for Houzz if something was very inappropriate & have no problem about that) how can some one else do that? Isn't it interesting it happens to only the same few regularly? There's an obvious pattern going on & everything can be traced. No need to involve the FBI or CIA...

How about Mossad or the KGB.

well emily has given me myself back. I consider that a small victory. we now know it can be done. She has reassured me that things are definitely being worked on, we just need to be good and bide our time. she also gave me all my pillows back - to keep me quite perhaps? tehehe ; - ) but as yet have found no way of combining things, so keeping me busy working on that. I believe that my first choice for assistance would be superman or dr. who. just a personal preference.