Apparently others have more information about why Sophiesmom left than I do. All I read was the one good-bye post where she said she was a good person & hoped she hadn't offended anyone. But I don't recall anything about her having received a warning from a moderator (although I surmised that this might be the case from the tone of the post I read.)

I guess I've been here for a month or so now. I've already had one post taken down. (The message I received about it from the moderator was courteous, & I understood the rationale. So I didn't care.) There was also a post of someone else's I commented on that was subsequently locked.

But now, there's this. There seem to be allot of rules here & allot of people with authority who have no compunction with regard to just wielding the ax whenever they happen to feel the urge. I've read the rules. But it's difficult to keep them all in mind all of the time, especially when one is struggling with mental health issues & is anxious to communicate something they feel is important. Mistakes happen. And corrections sometimes need to be made. But it seems to me they could be made in a more conciliatory manner in most cases. Simply "disappearing" a person's post without warning seems to me to be unnecessary, unless the post is clearly provocative. It's my perspective that participants on this site could be treated a bit more gently. As an ancient Chinese scholar & government official supposedly said: "Treat the people as if they were wounded..."