Oh, gosh, let me re-edit that and add something.

"Looks like the deleted post in question was the subject of a "ban" for including a LINK to a commercial gaming site.  IT was never really a reply to the previous poster.  The reply was a vehicle for presenting spam." 

I directly inquired AGORACOM about this, and the post came back up as it appeared earlier, but with the "banned" sign on it and with the offensive link included.