Why "report post" will delete a thread?

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I had a thread 4-5 days old with 48 long value posts and today a spammer posted 3 ads and I reported him. Few minutes later my thread was deleted.
Is there something I'm missing?
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  • Either it was an accident, in which case you will probably see the thread resurface, or others had reported the thread in question for some reason.

    Threads aren't actually deleted by member reports and by the way, no worries as it wasn't just your report that removed the thread. It takes a minimum of 3 reports, depending on the weight of the report, in order to have a thread disappear (unless it's an official moderator, of course).

    The threads disappear from view but are not yet deleted when there are enough member reports. Instead they are in some sort of behind-the-scenes thread purgatory for review by actual moderators. If they determine the thread shouldn't be deleted, it will be placed back on the forum where it was.

    Also, double check in your stats that the thread might have been moved to a better section. While Paul has had enough and is deleting most threads in the wrong section, I know at least one mod is still moving them.
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    • I think you posted on that thread too, it was about finding good content writers.
      I can't find it anywhere, and my posts count reduced too. I think the that guy received three reports and that's why.
  • Tina,

    " behind-the-scenes thread purgatory" sounds like hellish place to be LOL
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    • You're right, my poor thread...

      Here I found the Google cache version of that thread. There were a few posts over 550 words long.
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