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[Rob]

But the warning - "I don't - that kind of speculation is not welcome here" - doesn't half come off as quite dictatorially especially as there was no speculation, just a "wonder why..." post seeing if another member was aware of why the sudden removal from social media.

I will admit that the "I don't" bit was harsh, and I apologise for that. I stand by my original decision though to make a comment on that. We are not here to discuss why someone has removed themselves from social media, there could be a perfectly innocent reason, but we're not here to discuss people's private lives.

The site rules are sent via private message to every new member who joins this site, and a link to them can be found at the bottom of the page (used to be at the top, but were moved recently), so they can't really be missed.

Also worth pointing out that I'd never have seen the warning as I don't tend to read backwards through old posts. I only became aware as someone I know who looks at the forum messaged to say I was in detention! I'd hope the point of the warnings is to make the user aware and not intended to shame them but there is a good chance they'd never see the warning - hence my suggestion about them being PM'd instead.

The moderator messages are not official warnings. If a user is given a warning, they are always informed via PM and a warning label will show up on their profile. I do think a review of the way the moderator messages are used is needed though, so that's it only used when warnings are issued.