Hi Vawtman -
your story was moderated out for the reasons stated there above. I read it and put it back - because I've talked with some of the folks at pacwind and - they are not a ripoff scheme in my opinion, they are doing some fairly clever stuff I think, although I do have doubts about some of their designs and marketing ideas. I'll comment about your previous story also. Like I said - I put the story back. Next time you should probably just stick that sort of thing in 'diaries' and it would be no problem.
But - just so you know (and anyone else reading)... if you read the 'guidelines' for posting a story - a story with a title like 'why did my story disappear' is generally not allowed and will almost always force me - or one of the editors, to spend our time deleting it. The board is for stories on practical renewable energy projects. If you have a question about policies - why your story vanished... etc... - then - either read the guidelines for posting a new story (because it's all pretty clear there) - or - shoot us an email - or both. I'm very responsive to such email. Hope you understand... and don't worry about it too much - I (and I expect most everyone else) really enjoy most of your contribution here!
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