The reason this place exists is that it's a place where contractors can speak freely.
Quote of the year there, worse thing that can happen to a poster on a BBS is when you have to worry or wonder, about what you can post. Then when you do, "speak your mind freely", it get's edited. The PWI model succeeds because it is not a business income. It isn't supplying income to someone. You can't get protection here.
+100 It is a shame that on other sites your posts will be edited or deleted to fit their agenda, to fit the wants of suckazzes, to try to keep the crybabies happy, to keep the whiners at bay, to try to keep the threads "guided" a certain direction and many, many other reasons.
All the other sites out there should be like PWI, let people have their freedom of speech and only moderate when there is cussing or bad advice given, no real reason for changing or deleting posts out there unless it does not fit into their "agenda" or "plan" of things. It is a shame. They will call it what they want, say what they want but unless it is cussing or bad advice, the threads should be left alone.
If a vendor out there has a bad product or chemical, it is a good thing to warn others before they spend their hard earned money.
If a contractor out there is running a scam or is ripping people off, it is a good thing to call them out on it or warn others before they are ripped off.
If a contractor out there is spreading lies, we can help keep things honest by calling them out on it to help keep the truth out there for the world to see, nothing wrong with that at all and we are helping keep bad things from happening.
There are many, many other reasons for only moderating threads and posts for bad language and bad advice as this seems to be the main things on other industry bbs sites why the threads and posts are moderated, not for hidden agendas, not for whiners or crybabies, not for the "I want you to look at me and my equipment NOW" kind of people, not for the dishonest vendors trying to rip off contractors (more hidden agendas here) and many more reasons.
If the truth is out there, spread around, then it will help keep things going in the right direction but when things are changed to fit hidden agendas, hiding the truth, pacifying the crybabies and whiners, then the site is compromised and the truth gets stifled and mis-information starts getting spread around and the industry starts going backward instead of progressing.