Reply #188: We have considered some sort of member notification for deleted posts.

[Skinner]

I think it would be a very useful improvement for many of our members. So far, we have been reluctant to do it because our previous experience suggests that in practice people don't really appreciate it very much. In fact, they often use the notification as an opportunity to send a rude response to the admins, which gets them into more hot water. It seems that a automatic notification can sometimes escalate an ugly situation, rather than making it better. Believe it or not, the last thing we want is for a person to fly off the handle and get themselves banned.

Still, I think there may be a way to do it that could get around these issues. But we haven't come up with a solution that we feel confident about.