There are two sides or areas to this forum, the community side & then there is the porn.
Sadly, like with all the other forums & blogs the porn 'sharing' side is dominated by people out to made money for themselves through referrals & advertising.
When a member starts or contributes to a discussion thread, which can involve careful thought, research & writing, these contributors are not being paid. So it seems to me that the staff since
not paid a dime have a lot in common with such contributors.
Sweeping away an entire thread by a 'mass-poster' when you identify a problem is one thing, but sweeping away entire discussion threads is quite another. Remember people have put a lot of thought and work into them -and were not paid to do so.
The mods who spend time in the discussion areas and contribute often daily themselves to discussions are perhaps best placed to moderate here. Maybe mods & admins who rarely contribute themselves might bare that in mind.
Unless someone is posting illegal links, spamming, advertising, posting viruses, running scams to make money, etc. etc. then usually there is nothing too drastic to worry about?
Might I suggest that if similar situations arise in the future a thread could be closed for 24 hours or even say 3 days... instead of killed off and sweeped away entirely.
It only
takes a second, literally, for a mod to close, open, or re-open threads. Threads can also be temporarily hidden & restored later. Surely there is some thoughtful, measured but effective alternative to bluntly sweeping away whole threads? If not then the next time someone sits down to put real time, effort & work into a post or thread here, then might stop & say 'why bother'? And they would be right to do so.