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Originally Posted by Bobo Fett
First off, it seems like a pretty strong reaction to a few deleted posts. Not sure what kind of productive discussion you're hoping for when you keep calling Rapini "moderator", as if he isn't really worth of the title. And yes, I know Rapini sucks blah blah blah - is that really the best way to start things off?
Let me turn this around to you. Was rapini's deletion of a post/accusation of spamming directed toward a long time member of the site productive? Particularly when the person in question is only a bounty (for the first time ever I believe) and may not have known they would be considered an affiliate under some secret site definitions? (I will address this further below.) Perhaps with the deletion, a quick PM explaining why he thought it was against the site rules would have been helpful?
But no, in his usual fashion, he deleted with a vague reason why, and then doubled down by calling RG a spammer. And again, that was for one post.
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Anyway, I see two issues here. I'll deal with the easiest one first - the discussion of the moderation decision being directed here. It's extremely standard in this forum, and in many others, that moderation discussion is contained in a thread like this rather than being allowed to derail other threads. I see no issue with it, and I doubt most others would either.
Fine.
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Obviously the bigger issue is the post that was deleted. First of all, you guys should know that we're a little stricter in this forum than we are in some others when it comes to promotional posts, and that's something that comes from administration, not the moderators. A non-advertising rep wouldn't normally be allowed to promote their own events. Where it gets a little grayer is when someone else does it, as that would be an easy way for a room to get around self-promotional rules. And in the case of a bounty, it might be in their interest to promote the event for a few different reasons - or it might just be that they're a regular and looking forward to a good time and want to tell others about it.
All of that is perfectly reasonable, and I can see both sides to the bolded. However, it would be helpful if what constituted an affiliate was more clearly defined, and if a long time account crossed the line that information was provided to them via PM or in a post in the thread with a link to that information. Deleting a post and simply saying "affiliates should quit spamming" smacks of poor moderation.
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Either way, I'll probably have a bit of a PM pow-wow with the mods as they likely know a bit more about this than I can see from the surface. I'm in and out a lot this afternoon/evening, so it might not going to get sorted out in the next couple of hours - it would be cool if people could cool it on the "Rapini sucks" posts and Tweets (A "Rapini is the nut low mod...He lets the littlest amount of power go to his head and should be removed as a moderator." Tweet within an hour or two of the deletion? Really??) until we can have a discussion about it.
Considering the (at least perceived) lack of responsiveness to this moderator's (no quotes - I am playing nice) actions in the past, while the above actions may seem aggressive, they are understandable.