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Wonder why privacyguides deleted the post
Whenever someone says they had a moderator action taken against them, I am suspicious. Some mod teams are notorious, sure, but it's almost always a case of unreliable narration.
I imagine behavior like the allcaps reply above had something to do with it.
Other users on privacyguides forums have commented on the exact same problem where threads are just completely deleted, even with valid questions.
Most likely 3 letter agencies are raising flags to get it deleted, and mods seeing the reports just ban without thinking.
I sadly think this is what's happening and even wonder if some forum mods or people there are intelligence. Because why else would this shit keep happening? Privacyguides also has a sketchy origin story if you look far back enough. The really fucked up thing is they are the most well respected guide to privacy and constantly push 3 VPNs, including ProtonVPN after it was blatantly leaking, and it just really makes me wonder... why do they push those 3 VPNs so hard? In theory, they are good VPNs... but what if they are good and also being pushed for a reason? Almost every good independent VPN gets bought out. Half of the VPNs seem to be owned by Kape, AzireVPN got bought out by a US Company. It seems like fewer and fewer VPNs exist that don't have either intelligence connections or links to privacyguides forum. I just don't like it. I don't trust privacyguides anymore.