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Why are my answers getting deleted?

MotoX80 34,346 Reputation points
2024-07-21T15:40:49.3466667+00:00

See https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/1828212/arithmetic-error-resulted-in-an-overflow

There is something fundamentally broken in the forum because junk questions about "about to make a complaint about xxxxx" are still getting thru, and legitimate answers like the 2 that I posted are getting deleted.

There should be some kind of safety valve where if the user has a certain number of points or number of accepted answers, then they are highly unlikely to be posting something that violates the code of conduct. Tag it for admin review, but don't auto-delete it.

Did Richard Hay quit? I tried to send him an email and it bounced back.

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  1. Andreas Baumgarten 110.9K Reputation points MVP
    2024-07-21T15:52:09.2533333+00:00

    Hi @MotoX80 ,

    I found your first answer posted on Jul 21, 2024, 3:38 AM. The answer was deleted by the "system", looks like a "collateral damage" of the spam detection filter, and I have undeleted it right now.

    Richard Hay left the team as far as I know.

    (If the reply was helpful please don't forget to upvote and/or accept as answer, thank you)

    Regards

    Andreas Baumgarten

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