As someone whose posts have been deleted more than once on "thread sweeps", I have to say I partly understand the mods' perspective. According to what I've been told (when I first protested deletions) there's a zero tolerance policy on flame wars. Some reviews and posts are clearly intended to spark controversy, others may be open to interpretation but they choose to weed them out before the flames take hold. While I enjoy a heated debate as much as anyone, the nature of what's being discussed on this site isn't exactly high culture, so a level of mutual respect in adversarial conversation is not always guaranteed. Not saying they struck the right balance, but we already know what unmoderated internet leads to (4chan = bat shit). And before someone accuses me of white-knighting for the mods, this is my opinion, I fucking hate meme culture, sarcasm-bullying and insulting strangers in general. "It's the internet, grow a thicker skin" my ass. And Malvavisco, this isn't a direct criticism of your criticism, just a side comment. The irony is that both our posts may indeed be taken down in the next sweep, as they're clearly off topic, and that's reason for deletion as well