Poirot, I posted exactly what I typed on those boards in the second and third posts on this thread - no more, no less. Please show me where I stated anything hurtful or negative to you specifically from either of those posts like you mentioned. I continued to respond to people as I was genuinely hoping that something would change. I never said that I wasn't grateful for the staff, in fact I've stated many times that I am as someone who works on the web, I know exactly how much time and effort this all takes. I believe I even wrote that to you in a Chat Message a few weeks ago or so.
My issue is that I felt and feel that the is somewhat of a double-standard in place, not necessarily purposefully as I honestly believe that you are all great people. I feel as though, if the majority is of a certain mindset, concessions are made to allow rules to be bent or slightly altered. I mean no disrespect by this statement, as we are all human and I certainly have found myself biased in various situations. To be honest, I was simply hoping to call attention to it (and verify that there are others who also feel this way...so I'm not a random poster who is trying to start a big fight with the entire board)...and I only did so in hopes of having it noticed so it might be resolved -- or ignored, in which case I can go about my lurking way.
I posted this in two spots, as my original posts had part of the message deleted -- which yes, angered me. I felt as though, at least a reason could have been provided. Was it too off-topic and I should start a new thread elsewhere? Was it not for public? At the very least, If you would have rather this conversation take place in Chat Messages, it would have been great if the edited comment stated, please talk to Moderators via Message or whatnot instead of it just going missing. Someone actually recommended that I bring it here once they saw my response to the deleted message, as it was off-topic for that thread. That's the only reason I posted it twice, as I thought maybe that was the reason for deletion.
I apologize for the mob mentality comment if it offended anyone. I meant it more in the way of describing how situations occur in general, and how conversations tend to amp up with more and more anger...but I should have found a more tactful, less hurtful way of stating that.
I won't continue to fuel this thread, so it can die...or be locked down.
