Your theory sounds a bit grandiose.

Sounds to me like APC is simply a business. I've learned a couple of things today about the TOU's (facts are always interesting), not a lot about APC. But I assume there is an Administrator that balances out the various participants based on the business interests of the owners, and that it's generally in the business interests of the owners to run a nice, clean, credible forum with as much attendance as possible. I guess getting lurkers is important. I think lurkers get turned off trying to figure out the sound of one hand clapping.

So I guess the Administrator oversees the moderators, and if the moderators show too much of a bias, and it squelches discussions, removes threads that get views, then that's bad for business. All pretty simple, really.

I defended your rights to be here anonymously when you got here. It was a bit of a rocky start, as I recall. I defended Carl's right to anonymity when he was under attack, and I'll speak out for rube's right to post, even if his views are inconvenient to you. They might be of interest to Delta pilots. He had a rumor of a number the company was offering, and I wanted to have a discussion about it at home.