A coupl'a hours ago I reported a post as spam, and a bit later I noticed that both the spam post and the post to which it replied were taken down.

The original post had been up for, I think, a few weeks and sounded legit.

Whazzup?

Hi Artie,

I caught the fact that both the OP and the later responder were posting from the same source and locked the thread for a day with the above closing post.....trashed the thread at the end of the day. Sorry you didn't get a chance to see the result prior to removal.

I remember seeing that one, but several days ago, I think.

The one I questioned happened just last night within the course of an hour or two. (I think dhg was the spam poster, but I forget who the OP was.)

Edit: The original post was "WiFi survey app for iPad."

Cyn handled the one you are talking about Artie and I don't know her exact thinking but the original post was from the Ukraine. Looks as if it was a setup for future spamming.

Thanks, joemike; I figured it must have been cyn, and the thought of "setup" crossed my mind, but the original post was out of character for a setup (unlike one that came in a few days back that I think is clearly a setup, but we'll see) in that it was literate and coherent, and it asked a logical question, while the spam post was one of those non-sensical, gibberish, e-mail type things...hardly what I'd have expected as a follow-up.

Maybe cyn will kick in with some clarification.