woot has moderators that have the final say in everything. if something is deemed "inappropriate" they remove it. if it is an insult at someone they remove it. if it is a duplicate they remove it. if you beg them to they might remove something you posted and didn't realize was a bad thing.
they have the final say, and are doing so much that they never have time to notify everyone that something was removed. btw: your "deal" was the subject of a conversation earlier this week (i'll try to find the link).
thank you for all you do woot gods.

@linuxtrance: seem the coversation was also removed. appearantly they have a "no. we don't allow lube or conversations about it." rule too because they removed all evidence of it. i know they try to keep most of this sight pg rated. (which is why i'm guessing they removed a question about why are they allowing ohcheri to post croxxless lingerie).

That conversation (about ohcheri) was one I remember. The important thing to know is that the accusation itself was false.

Certain things aren't allowed, and there's no list of which ones aren't. the conversations about deals that are deleted often veer off into discussions that push the envelope, and are then deleted too.

The request for notification has been made many times, and there are multiple reasons why it isn't going to happen. One of them is the overhead itself. For every deal posted by a member of the community that crossed the line, there's a metric ton of deals that are deleted because they're spam, or from sites that are hosting counterfeits. Any system that's automatic is going to get bogged down in trying to send out emails to those accounts, when the email addresses associated with them are probably not legitimate in the first place.

There is no easy answer to this. It just is what it is.

@shrdlu: actually i was refering to a question that was asked earlier today, and i had seen the post from ohcheri the individual was referring to. both have been removed (to which i can see both sides of the arguement) but it wasn't an accusation. the question simply ask why woot allowed that type deals, and since they did why did they think s/he would let his/her children look at woot? but back to the subject at hand (sorry)

the type of lube also makes a difference. mechanical lube yes (wd40, pb blaster, liquid wrench). if you would be embaressed if your kid took it to church then no. but also be aware of the no guns/ammo rule, the no mystery package rule, and the no spam rule.

@linuxtrance: glad you liked my 55 gallon barrel deal. Since that was more of a joke, I thought maybe they'd have a sense of humor and leave it.

I seriously +1 the request for notification when a deal is removed. It shouldn't be that hard for them to code a drop down menu with 3 or 4 options when a mod clicks "delete" and they just click which box and then the sytem sends out an auto-email "your deal was removed because it is __"

Lol I was staff on a huge forum for a few years (2968288 members as of right now- not saying the name of the forum, but it's initials are WBB) and I would do the same thing at times, if someone got out of line they'd become an example. I've seen one or two of my Woot comments deleted for no apparent reason, but comes with the territory I guess, doesn't piss me off like it would have years back