Why was my question "deleted or archived"?

[hypehuman]

I asked a question a few days ago and bookmarked it. I checked on it the next day, and it had no answers. I checked just now and it says "Sorry, we couldn't find that question. It may have been archived or deleted."

My question revealed a possible TurboTax bug. Is this a coverup, or am I just being paranoid?

I checked my email and there was nothing about an answer, although I do have an email saying that the question was posted.

[Anonymous]

I would more then happy to help you.
If you have the link to the question still available just post it as a reply and I can unarchive it for you.

[hypehuman]

Thanks, here's the link! <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/4556345">https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/4556345</a>

[Anonymous]

Thank you! You should be able to access your question now.

[hypehuman]

Great, thanks! May I ask why it was archived in the first place? I did not receive any notification to that effect.

[hypehuman]

And now it's archived/deleted again. Why is this happening? Does my question break some rule? I really need it answered before I purchase TurboTax Self-Employed.

[Lisa995]

it happens from time to time, nobody really knows why

[mesquitebean]

This one is likely due to the 6 days with no answer being posted.  It will keep disappearing.

[hypehuman_not_ba]

And now when I try to reply to the comments, it says my account is under review for possible ToS violations. I guess I'll wait and see if they say anything about why (they haven't yet).

[mesquitebean]

That's due to the hyperactive spam filter.  If posts happen too frequently in a thread.   Ignore the TOS part.  It's all done by a "robot" thinking frequent posting is spam.

[hypehuman_not_ba]

Okay, thanks. I wish they would explain all of these procedures when they carry them out. When they silence me without an explanation, it seems like they're doing it with sinister intent.

[macuser_22]

If they published the anti-spam filter techniques then spammers could redesign their spam to work around them.  It's hard enough to keep spam out of this forum without helping them.

[mesquitebean · Accepted solution]

Most likely it will continue to be archived because it is more than 6 days old, and the filter zaps it after 6 days if there is no official answer in the Answer section..   Can you re-post it?

[Lisa995]

looks like its been resurrected

[mesquitebean]

It's still archived, but we SuperUsers can see it.   I'll post it here, and then user can copy and paste it into a new thread.