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Couple of days ago, I wrote a review on a local exchange which was acused of scamming people.
I published the review here in a local forum- http://www.bitcoinbangladesh.info/showthread.php?tid=23

I posted the link to this review here in Bengali local board which has been deleted by thread creator.

Translation of the sentences written here.
"To all Bangladeshi, be aware whoever using online exchange for converting BTC to BDT, most of the sites are scam. Recently Paidexbd.com has scammed someone's money. Read the review here- (link of the review)

Was this post spam by anyhow?
I posted in this thread- https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=631891.0

I think your post has been considered as spam that's why it's been deleted. Just look at that thread where you posted, it's already a spam Megathread.

How can a positive post be considered as spam? The thread is self-moderated. Is this the reason for which thread creator can do whatever they want?
The thread going to be a total trash because thread creator is deleting good post instead keeping them alive and deleting the spam.
No rule for this?

If it were not spam then your posts is probably "off topic" I've just translated the thread where you posted and I seem to agree that your post (containing content from the OP) is off topic.

Actually yes the creator of the thread can do whatever they want like to delete post etc. but of course as long as it is inappropriate to the thread

How can you assure that the one who deleted your post is the OP of that thread?

First I like to tell you that your post is deleted by the forum moderator not by the thread creator. If the post is deleted by the thread creator then the message follow as below:


So it means moderator found it off topic or it is  breaking some rule.

1. The thread is for discussion about cryptocurrency in Bengali. Paidexbd offers BTC to BDT. Since, there's no seperate board for Bengali language, this thread is the place for discussion on cryptocurrency and all related to cryptocurrency. I don't get how you find my post off-topic but my post isn't off-topic by any how.
2. If the thread creator has the power of manipulation, why this thread has been sticky? Either there should a local section or that thread should be out of manipulation.
3. I can assure because thread creator said couple of times in that thread that he had deleted the spam.

So, someone reported my post. I don't know how it works. There's no moderator who understand the Bengali language. Did moderator delete the post because someone reported? No further looking before deletion?

No referral link was there. I posted a review and shared the link here with appropriate sentences to alert people. How can it be considered as referral link spam?

Sharp observation..

OP the link you posted in the thread has extra character as "&pid=67". You are not allowed to post any referral link.
Indeed your post is deleted by forum moderator for breaking rule number 4. No referral code (ref link) spam. [1]
 (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=703657.0)

Who said it's a referral link?
Check the url- https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5128997.msg50494951#msg50494951
The part you referred is same as #msg50494951

Like what I told you, you can't tell that the creator is responsible for deleting your post. (I'm in a middle of searching that Bitcointalk Forum Message - thanks r1s2g3 for it. )

You're right there is no particular Moderator in Bengali but Cyrus is responsible for moderating that section. He/She might don't understand Bengali language but that is why Google Translator exist.

So, alerting people to avoid scam is considered as spam/offtopic?

By any how, my post was not-
1. Spam
2. Referral link
3. Off topic

The link you posted was:
Is the "tid=23&pid=67" portion of the link not a referral link?

edit: per above (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5128997.msg50495007#msg50495007), you say it is not. I don't know why your post was deleted. My apologies.

I am reaching the thread by using this  link http://www.bitcoinbangladesh.info/showthread.php?tid=23

But the post that is deleted is having extra  "&pid=67" on the end of the above link. So what this pid 67 represent then?
Simple it is user specific link .

It's not a referral link.

Here is the google translation of my post-

Yeah, it must be a referral link as "pid" stands for "Persistent ID" which are used to refer a link.

It's no referral link. You both are trying to force me believe this as referral link but it is not.


Edit-
tid- topic id
pid- post id

work same as here.
topic and msg

In this thread-
topic=5128997
Post id= msg50494616#msg50494616

If that's the case then why other topics in www.bitcoinbangladesh.info doesn't show "pid"? and why the link above posted by r1s2g3 can be accessed without the "pid"?

Now state your answer.

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Oops my bad. Seems like OP is telling the truth about this "pid"  :D

There's two way of reaching this thread.
1. https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5128997 - Which only includes the direct topic link.
2. https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5128997.msg50494616#msg50494616 - Which includes both the topic and the post id.

Both will redirect you to my this thread.

Should I say "Now state your logic behind trying to force me believe this is a referral link."?
Sorry mate, I'm not here to defend anyone. I was looking for an appropriate answer and the reason behind the misunderstanding of deleting post.

 We do not know internals of other forum but Moderator also believed the same that we are thinking. But few things I will repeat.

1. Moderator deleted your thread not the OP.
2. Post it again using tid only, you will be fine.

Sorry bud, but it is not us that think it is referral. Many of user might thought the same . At least one who reported it and moderator who deleted it.

You may not know but I'm sure a forum moderator knows that it's not referral link.

1 question-
Who receive the report in a self moderated thread?
Thread creator or a moderator?

Hey Bud, seems like OP is telling the truth and the link is not really a referral link. It's possible that "pid" means post id. I've checked the posts of other members in www.bitcoinbangladesh.info and found out that their posts url has pid. Like these..
https://i.imgur.com/gAbg6Ys.png

https://i.imgur.com/PMa2tht.png

Now, my possible doubts why your posts has been deleted is either it is off topic or spam. Sorry for my bad about the ref link.

There is only one button which is "Report to Moderator" in every thread/post that's why it is reported to Moderators.

Nothing to say sorry mate. It's a misunderstanding.

Now I am starting from the beginning again since you said it as off topic or spam.

The post in bitcoinbangladesh.info contains an alert. The exchange mentioned there has scammed someone I know from facebook.
It's not something that I only have shared the link. I have briefly said the matter here, translation from google-

So, neither it's off topic nor a spam.

I did not delete your post. It was reported by someone else and was deleted by a forum moderator.

Moderator.

It can't be off topic if you have only one local thread for everything and it probably isn't spam because it may contain valuable information but it can be seen as some kind of advertising "spam". I mean, that forum is in your signature, personal text, profile and then you posted link to forum giving nearly zero information about subject.
On the other hand, I have already seen this type of advertising (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=199973) so I am not really sure.

From very start , I am telling OP that Moderator deleted his post not the thread creator and thread creator also clarified it here. (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5128997.msg50829914#msg50829914)

The post that was deleted have "tid" and "pid" thing and it look like referral link. (though in the end , we find that site refer it as thread id and post id.)

Though no moderator clarified it here but I suspect it is deleted on suspicion of referral spam only. (Why the moderator of this forum will be knowing such a peculiar terminology of that site?)

And what this has to do with my post you quoted?
I am aware of that. I don't think moderators are removing posts without checking them before just because link looks like something, unless it is obviously referral link and this is obviously not a referral link (it says "read review here" and there is "showthread" in link and it is link to another forum), however, human errors are possible. I would still place my bet on advertising spam.

Not true, I have shared the review was about an exchange which has committed scam and asked people to be aware. It was not spam but moderator might think it as spam. Thank you, anyway.