Hello, @WhatsTheStoryToday.

We hear you - it's frustrating when threads you're following suddenly vanish. Tbh, we generally try to avoid removing entire threads for this very reason - we don't think it's fair on folk who've taken the time to add their thoughts to a discussion.

That said, when we do make the decision to remove a thread for privacy reasons - whether it's at the OP's request or otherwise, we always have strong reasons to do so.

Hope that explains things a bit more from where we're standing and thanks for flagging it up.