Apparently without any warning or communication whatsoever, my X5World account was deactivated about 3 weeks ago. But instead of being "banned", I was still able to log in and make posts, start threads, etc. -- everything seemed normal. That is until yesterday when I was on someone else's computer and was browsing the forum without signing on, and I noticed that none of my posts were there.

So I've been posting messages in threads for 3 weeks now and nobody except for me could see them. Basically I was invisible. Same goes for PMs -- I sent a few and nobody responded, and that is because they never received them. On my end it looked like they were sent, but on the other end they never existed.

I am still listed in the "Member List", and although it says I have made over 400 posts, you will not be able to find any of them. Any threads in which I started -- even threads from 2 months ago -- are all gone from the forum memory. Only I can see them when I sign on.

I'm guessing this was done because of my posts in political threads. If someone (perhaps a Moderator?) had even suggested to me that I was in danger of being banned from the forum, I would have gladly stopped posting in such threads, as my main purpose for being in this forum is for X5 information. But nobody ever said a word to me about any of this. There was total silence.

While I realize that my opinions on some political subjects were in the minority here, I never posted any personal attacks.

And I did contribute to this forum in some ways as well, even though I've only been a member for a couple of months. One such example is when I gladly looked up car values on Galves.com for a couple dozen X5World members. But that thread has been purged from the database along with all of the others.

So I am asking if someone could please re-activate my account to normal status. I'll agree to never post again in another political thread. You have my word.

Thanks,

Eric5273


Edit: BTW, I finally took some pictures of my new X5, but obviously it would be a waste to post them as nobody would be able to see them.