Yes, I had the same problem yesterday when I posted a quote from Obama.... Which I will re-post here.

A quote from a good source .... The man himself.

"The fact that we are here today to debate raising America 's debt limit is a sign of leadership failure. It is a sign that the US Government can not pay its own bills. It is a sign that we now depend on ongoing financial assistance from foreign countries to finance our Government's reckless fiscal policies. Increasing America 's debt weakens us domestically and internationally. Leadership means that 'the buck stops here.' Instead, Washington is shifting the burden of bad choices today onto the backs of our children and grandchildren. America has a debt problem and a failure of leadership. Americans deserve better."

-- Senator Barack H. Obama, March 2006

Well, I started a thread this morning about who would be at the 9/11 memorial ceremony this year and who was being excluded. The thread was going pretty good, but after I took a short break and came back, I had a message that the thread was in the TRASH BIN! It said my thread contained information that was either discussed in a thread previously posted or it contained OFFENSIVE content.

I used the search function prior to posting the thread and didn't find anything containing the same info as my thread. So, I'm left to wonder if it was trashed because of offensive content? I have u2u'd the moderator who made this decision asking for specifics, but haven't had any reply so far.

Regarding the search function, I find this particular function on ATS to be less than dependable. Am I the only one? I have seen others complain that they, too, have failed to turn up duplicate threads containing content similar to what they want to post after using the search function, and upon starting the thread, they find there IS a duplicate thread.

All I know is that it sucks to put time and effort into the information for a thread under the assumption that the search has turned up negative matches, only to discover that your work was for nothing and the thread was thrown in the TRASH BIN. I didn't even know there WAS a trash bin! LOL

I'm seeing a lot of "Oh yes, I've seen it happen!" and very little "Here is an example..."

And this on a board where members states "Pictures or it didn't happen..."

"Officer I saw a murder happen."
"Gazooks! We'll investigate. Where did it happen?"
"I don't know. But I saw it happen!"
"Who did it?"
"I don't know. But I saw it happen!"
"Where's the body?"
"I don't know. But I saw it happen!"
"Where's the murder weapon?"
"I don't know. But I saw it happen!"
...

And so on. If anyone can give us an example, then we can look into it... If we don't have anything to go on, then there's not much we can do...

Also keep in mind that there's a difference between a thread being removed (404 pages), posts being removed as off-topic, etc. and a post that simply vanishes into thin air - without a trace...

In other words, one moment your post is right between Jack and Jill's posts and then the next moment there's nothing. Jack's post. And then Jill's post...

Originally posted by Gemwolf
I'm seeing a lot of "Oh yes, I've seen it happen!" and very little "Here is an example..."

And this on a board where members states "Pictures or it didn't happen..."

"Officer I saw a murder happen."
"Gazooks! We'll investigate. Where did it happen?"
"I don't know. But I saw it happen!"
"Who did it?"
"I don't know. But I saw it happen!"
"Where's the body?"
"I don't know. But I saw it happen!"
"Where's the murder weapon?"
"I don't know. But I saw it happen!"
...

And so on. If anyone can give us an example, then we can look into it... If we don't have anything to go on, then there's not much we can do...

Also keep in mind that there's a difference between a thread being removed (404 pages), posts being removed as off-topic, etc. and a post that simply vanishes into thin air - without a trace...

In other words, one moment your post is right between Jack and Jill's posts and then the next moment there's nothing. Jack's post. And then Jill's post...

Normally, I would be more than happy to provide an example, but because of the fact that all traces of the thread I'm speaking of have disappeared, I don't have an example to provide. It wasn't my thread so I don't remember the title precisely but I do remember the topic and who authored it and I have provided that info to "tothetenthpower" in hopes that he/she can figure out what happened. Because of the fact that it wasn't my thread coupled with the fact that my own profile was modified to remove all traces of my post within the thread, it makes it a little hard to provide an example. Doesn't mean that it didn't happen though, because I guarantee you it did!

I posted something yesterday in the thread about the man who lives without a pulse because he has a continuous pump in his chest and I checked that my post was there [which it was] but after a while it was gone.

As a matter of fact I can't even find the whole thread any longer [a day later]. There is one thread there but it isn't the one I was posting to. However my post disappeared long before the thread did. I checked.
Granted I voiced my own opinion but not rude or horrible or out of place. I was merely mentioning that we should also think about the animals who have died in the trials. I love animals, I like them more than humans. This is who I am; and nobody will change my opinion. Yet should my opinion not be heard? I do no harm to anyone, never have, never will, never will I ask people to do so. I have to listen to religious people insulting others left right and centre but it is OK because it is religion. Well, animals and nature are my religion, therefore ignoring my opinion hurts me as much as if you ignored others' belief in their gods.

I truly believe that the mods [or some other unknown] deleted that one because it did not fit in with the mainstream opinion [bad enough in itself IMO but I can live with that]. what bothers me most is why was I not notified?
Why wasn't there any evidence of my posting with one of their 'warning signs' on it? Instead it just quietly disappeared.
I don't like this one bit and I don't think it is a glitch of some sort as I saw my post published.
Feels like being in East Germany again where only mainstream opinions are allowed or you'll disappear in the night. I slowly become a little disappointed in this site and might stick to read only. See how it goes.

If indeed this is some kind of software failure then it would be worth noting how strangely selective these glitches are...and would deserve its own thread.