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Originally Posted by ClickItBak
He quoted what he was replying to. From what I know about Rapini's character and reputation, it was totally reasonable to assume that he just didn't like this person and was being offensive and abusing his power to not delete it. That's basically his MO. And I did look on the page like "WTF?!" but again the posts got pretty old.
For the sake of the point I'm going to make, let's concede that Rapini's post was "wrong". Most forums on this site have multiple moderators for 2 main reasons:
1. Traffic/coverage. Some forums are too busy to be handled by 1 mod. Also more mods = more coverage throughout the day.
2. Keeping each other in check; ensuring final decisions/actions are impartial. It's important that posters have options to appeal to when they disagree with a mod. Also it's important to have multiple people with different viewpoints address a situation.
Let's focus on 2. Mods are people. People are fallible. There are lots of reasons why a mod might do something "bad". Sometimes we misread a situation. Sometimes we don't pay close attention. Sometimes we're drunk. Sometimes we act on personal bias. Sometimes we're just having a bad day. Humans gonna human.
Mods are posters too, and sometimes a mod may cross the line with their post. That's where having multiple mods comes into play. If you don't like something a mod posted, report it, just as you would for any other poster. Although you feel that doing so is a futile endeavor, you did report Rapini's post anyway (as did chillrob). And guess what happened? Another mod came in and deleted the post. The system worked, just as intended!
My point is that if you see a post you feel is wrong, don't get hung up on the fact that the poster's name might be green. Treat it the same way as if any other poster made it. It will be addressed by another mod if any of us feels it needs to be.