Why was my post removed?

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Created Nov ’22

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Hi, I had a post on here regarding App Store Review Guidelines 5.1.1(ix) and if anyone knew what Apple considers a highly-regulated industry to be (only examples are listed in the guideline). My post was removed for some reason. I didn't receive a notification or email saying why. It just says I haven't made any posts yet, which isn't true.

There's no identical question/answer on the forums already. I do believe the post was helpful, as it took me a while to get an answer from App Review. I shared the answer I received from them - that the examples listed in 5.1.1(ix) are the only industries Apple considers to be highly regulated - to save other developers the trouble.

Did I use the forums incorrectly? Is this a forums bug?

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Answer 1

Scott OP

Nov ’22

Based on your description, this would be extremely unexpected. I’m chiming in just to add that I just noticed that (in another thread) a reply that I had replied to yesterday also mysteriously disappeared, leaving the message thread sounding a little confusing.

Maybe Apple has recently implemented an almost-perfect filter to block the occasional spam storms... emphasis on “almost”? 😉

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Answer 2

endecotp OP

Nov ’22

I've also had posts that I thought were innocuous removed by Apple. No this is not a spam filter. And unlike other forums, here they just vanish rather than leaving a "this post has been removed by a moderator" message.

Edited to remove "though not recently", as I see that one of my replies in the same thread has also just been removed!

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Answer 3

App Store Connect Engineer OP

Apple

Nov ’22

Hello @endecotp, @Scott, can you please provide the URLs for the threads so we can take a look?

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Answer 4

Scott OP

Nov ’22

Here is mine: https://developer.apple.com/forums/thread/719597

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Answer 5

endecotp OP

Nov ’22

Dear "App Store Connect Engineer", in the thread Scott has linked to, I posted a message referring to an episode in the past which maybe Apple finds embarrassing and want the world to forget about. Or, maybe whoever deleted my post thought it couldn't possibly be true because it has been erased from Apple's internal corporate memory. Presumably you will now delete this post too! Feel free, I don't care.

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Answer 6

App Store Connect Engineer OP

Apple

Nov ’22

Thanks @Scott, I see you have two replies on that thread. Did you have more than two replies initially?

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Answer 7

Scott OP

Nov ’22

All my replies are still there. But note one of them quotes from a previous reply to me by @endecotp, and that reply I quoted from is what disappeared.

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Answer 8

et025 OP

Nov ’22

My post was restored. Thanks everyone for their replies

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