[Sidebar Moderator]

All the threads were pulled because multiple moderators were working independently (does this strike you as a smart way to do things? Think this situation might crop up again?).

True, moderators were operating under the same constraints as the people posting. We were simultaneously viewing and acting on rapidly arriving, duplicate posts.

Perhaps the volume of posts had something to do with our making a mistake while attempting to deal with them? We acknowledged and have learned from our mistake. I have only seen one or two posters do the same.

[Ratatoskr]

We acknowledged and have learned from our mistake.

Oh, good. Since current events guarantee there will be more breaking stories posted thick and fast, what is the new mechanism that will prevent excessive deletions in the future?