I was reading along and all of a sudden, it was gone! All I got was a screen with the 404 Error cartoon on it! Now I'm really suspicious! I was actually starting to side with Skeptic Overlord about it's contents when it suddenly vanished! Who's behind this dastardly deed? I even searched for it and although it came up, it simply refused to open!

To reiterate, someone suspected ATS was a conspiracy theory in itself. I got as far as reading that it was nothing new but I never got to read the whole thing before it disappeared. The OP was expecting to get banned if he was correct and although he wasn't banned (the conversation was allowed to proceed), the thread is gone.

P.S. - I always wondered what happened to John Lear!

[edit on 19-4-2009 by X-tal_Phusion]

Yeah - thats a bit odd.

I hope its just an error of some sort... this looks a tad bit on the SHADY side.

A thread live almost a hundred others was going down due to pointless bickering.
It's probably been removed, temporarily or permanently,

i made 2 posts on that thread. i for one could care less if it is gone it is pointless and stupid not to mention that starting multi threads on the same topic will result in the thread being removed. there must be a hundred threads claiming the same exact thing. a very legit reason for it to be gone. although my posts were getting a few stars i will live with out it.


EDIT: i would expect this thread to be removed or moved aswell because it is not a General Conspiracy it is a board and what ever thread. oh no the evil ATS monster strikes again......

[edit on 15pmu22007 by DaleGribble]

Originally posted by X-tal_Phusion
someone suspected ATS was a conspiracy theory in itself.

There are a ton of threads that have come through saying that over the years. Every few weeks ... ATS is a conspiracy or ATS is monitored by the gov't or ATS is a false flag .. etc etc etc.

Perhaps the mods just canned a thread in which the topic has been done to death?

Edited to add -

Originally posted by Little One
We cant have Admin just yanking things AT WILL

It's a privately owned and operated board.
They can do whatever they want.


[edit on 4/19/2009 by FlyersFan]

so do you think this thread will be closed now?

do they do it to keep the boards clean of gossip type material?

Me too. I was typing a reply, taking my time as usual ant hit post reply and poof it was gone. I was disappointed that all my time and work was just wasted. I know the mods remove these from view after a short period but this interest people. I mean it's a conspiracy within a conspiracy site, it does not get any better than that. It does make you guys look a little, hmm.


As far as threads being done to death. There are many that go on and on.

[edit on 19-4-2009 by timewalker]

I read through that thread and one of the things that caught my eye right away is the poster admitted he has been banned from ATS in the past.
To tell the truth, I was surprised that thread lasted as long as it did with that open, almost flippant, admission. I am not surprised at all if that person and that post was removed for that reason and that reason alone.

That's my take anyway.

--Charles Marcello

I was just going to ask if people thought that removing the thread entirely only fuels the fire. If I'd been banned from ATS before, I would be a real dummy to admit something like that (for fear of getting kicked off again). I'm sure people have been starting rumors about ATS as long as it's been around (that's part of the intrigue and certainly wouldn't hurt it's reputation). Whether it's "a conspiracy within a conspiracy" doesn't really matter in the long run. If it's part of a conspiracy, people will come just to try and pick it apart, and if it's not, people will come thinking that it's a good resource for other, more commonly discussed theories. Either way, it's a win-win situation for ATS.

I probably would have left the thread alone if it was up to me, simply because there are so many duplicates on here of other topics already. Why shut down the one about ATS being a conspiracy when there are others that wouldn't create as much suspicion if they were shut down? As I've heard over and over here, "If you don't like the thread, post somewhere else and don't read this one".

All I am saying is it is an interesting topic and it just thickens the plot when they are removed. There are too many things that are brought up over and over and over. I don't think it is out of line for us to discuss this. Personally I don't believe it is controlled by any agencies. Monitored, yes. I was typing this in my original reply. I think it would be ignorant of said agencies not to monitor because we are either all crazy or intelligent, either way that is worth monitoring.