[Off-topic] orangekid:
This propagated opinion that the moderators here are some power hungry club wielding thugs is utterly false.

That, in essence, is something you guys are going to just have to believe if you lack sufficient powers of observation and deductive reasoning.

As Pulser already stated, the mere allowance of the continued existence of this thread only evinces that as well, regardless of any prior deletion of a similar thread. In fact, the fact that this thread wasn't killed with multiple flamethrowers the minute it was created after one identical to it was deleted (I have no record of this, actually I hadn't even seen this thread before last night) only further exhibits the point.

Part of the issue is that there is a definite minority that come here solely to cause a scene and stir up the masses. Sometimes your opinion can be colored by such things where normally it would have been shrugged off flippantly.

If "A" happens and is looked at uniquely and independently, it is diffused and is not usually an issue. But when someone arbitrarily connects happening "A" with happening "B" and happening "C" then it can happen that a person gets wind of the group of situations with the coloration of the arbitrary opinion and that does have an effect with how they view these things, and a whole manner of complications ensue.

If you view at what people seem to think the problem is here, it changes pretty often throughout this thread. We want the tyranny to end, well no, actually we just want the rules to be more softly enforced, well actually we just want the mods to be more part of us, well maybe a little lenience wouldn't hurt.

What is the actual problem here?

All of us moderators have different personalities, you look at my post history and it differs greatly in the lexicon and semantics than other moderators. But one thing we have in common is we all just want to ensure mobile development is happening and flourishing and the good elements here have the freedom to post. At the end of the day, we are all just human, and all of us can look back and say "well here is one situation I could probably have handled just a bit better." But I think overall we do a pretty good job.

I've posted in OT before I was a moderator, some of you know me from then (and some of my colorful marketplace threads where I got a bit creative). I've had threads closed and posts deleted, so I know how it is. But you know what, a respectful PM to a mod goes a very long way in sorting out situations. I've been on both sides of this fence.

If you dislike the way one specific mod handles one specific situation, I invite you to view their post history and you will see how decent of a person they actually are, and may even be very helpful around the forums. All too often someone is judged by one incident or one post as opposed to an entire history of awesomeness.

At the end of the day if you don't like the way a mod handles rule breakage, don't break the rules. If you think that a mod incorrectly warned or infracted when in actual fact no rule breakage occurred, respectfully PM them and sort it out. Honestly if I infract someone and they PM me with "you idiot, what kind of show are you stupid mods running here" I stop reading it, yawn, and don't waste my time replying, but if someone actually respectfully PMs me and wants to talk about it, I will always reply and we can sort it out.

I get that OT is more than just some random threads and it has its own community and its own life, but things evolve and things change, around here it's usually for the better.

Together we can make a difference :)

#longpostistoolong