What exactly does "off-topic" mean?

☕
It’s not that I actually care about this topic—I mostly started it out of boredom—but the moderator is getting on my nerves. He nuked my thread for no reason, even though there was plenty of actual substance to discuss. It was about those weird acoustic phenomena happening globally. I posted it in Natural Sciences because I have an interest in fringe science, which is where it belongs. The mod's biased, frankly embarrassing response was

Great logic. Regardless, please don't do that again. I'm deleting the thread.

He asks me not to do something, but I'm not sure what he thinks he's asking. First off, I'm not some deity. Second, I have every right to start a discussion. If a thread isn't a fit for this specific forum, the mod should move it to the right section or close it only after determining it's truly off-topic.

And now I get slapped with ten penalty points for absolutely nothing.
MrBeast, give us some clarity here. When you're deleting threads and handing out penalties, are you just banning people whenever you feel like it?🤔

Douglas Gray8 said:I actually started this thread under Natural Sciences because I have a partial interest in alternative theories, which is really where this whole topic belongs anyway.

Well, you pretty much answered your own question right there! The topic doesn't actually belong in the section where you posted it. Honestly, just because your specific area of interest happens to be listed on some PDF directory where the thread should have been placed isn't really a moderator issue at all.