Study Case for how not to run a community: vbulletin.com
 

How is it that I am not surprised when moderators like Zachery randomly delete posts by vBulletin clients just because they feel like it. Not even a PM or anything to state their reasons.

I posted a comment in the Pirate Reports? thread, where someone noted that the infamous Pirate Reports site got hacked because they were unable to take care of things on their own. I commented on the fact that Mr. PirateReports was clearly not happy about the negative publicity and him talking about "sensitivity" when people make mention of it.

I am almost grateful for this lesson because it gives me a hands-on experience on how community members would feel when a mod deletes a perfectly valid post without stating a reason.