A Temu seller listed an item as available, took payment, later said it was out of stock, refused to cancel, told me to cancel myself, and the complaint post was removed after 6.2k views.
Because the post became visible and uncomfortable for the subreddit.
6.2k views, dozens of comments, and then removal means one of three things:
It violated a rule technically.
Mods are protecting the sub’s Temu-friendly environment.
The group is not neutral toward serious Temu criticism.
You are right that the deletion strengthens your point. It does not legally prove Temu controls the sub, but it absolutely supports the argument that visible criticism of Temu gets suppressed there.
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Interesting that my post about YEAH SOFA and Temu was removed after reaching 6.2k views and dozens of comments.
If the issue was so meaningless, why remove it once people started seeing it?
The post described a specific seller problem: item listed as available, payment taken, seller later says out of stock, seller refuses to cancel, customer refund still unresolved.
That is not spam. That is a customer complaint.
Removing visible complaints while users aggressively defend the platform does not make this subreddit look neutral.