serious query: the only post i've ever noticed having had deleted was a post (albeit a short one) letting another member know that i was subscribing to his thread. i'd had previous conversations with said OP and find it a point of etiquette to let someone you've talked to before know that you're keeping an eye on their grow. except i honestly didn't have anything more to say than that. according to these rules, politeness is now infractionable?
which brings me to another point: as a stoner, i don't always remember which threads i've visited, which i've commented on, etc. etc.
i wouldn't even have noticed that that particular post was missing if someone else hadn't quoted it. thereby, by having had said message deleted for its brevity, does it not follow that the chances of my making another, similar post in the same thread would be higher? not to mention the time i spent reading that thread from beginning to end thinking, "okay, he quoted me there, but according to this, i never actually said it in the first place...."