[General Topics] Woody:
There is absolutely nothing wrong with anyone asking questions or discussing issue, whether you are an RC/ RT/ FSM/ Admin or what have you. But what you are doing is making no sense. From the onset, you start with a complaint that is initially about XDA and how it has moved to monetization of apps, but all that is is a veiled slash at Sunshine. If you have something to say about the XDA Ethos and how it has been compromised, then state your case. But take Sunshine out of the equation and let's see if you argument holds up.

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The aggressiveness is mainly a defensiveness to the accusations that XDA has become a money generating site. WTF do you think this is? 2005 and we all have HTC Blues? No, it is 2015 and just as the tadpole has sprouted legs, we have developed and molded and revised and revised the rules until it was determined that they needed revised again. There is no bending the rules for its sacred few. The rules are made for the site to retain its development foundation. Was this site created to provide exploits for free? Nope. It was developed by a bunch of nerds who sat in their basements playing Oregon Trail and hacking their PDAs, then posting it on a bulletin board system. Nowhere was money involved, nor was it about titles. This site is founded upon development and development is going to happen whether we are hear or not.

I know that you can't possibly think that everything in life is free. So an exploit is created, an apk is developed or even some png for a icon pack that no one has used in years; all have the ability to be at some point or other monetized. We have specific rules in place for these to be posted and nowhere else is it allowed. Do you think that this is a coincidence? No way. So what we have done is taken the Paid Apps section and compartmentalized it away from the general populace where it can be, without intrusion into the typical day-to-day threads. We don't have a Paid Apps section in each device forum. We don't have a Marketplace anymore because of the abuse and liability. So being that there is only one place on this entire forum where you can sell your goods, is hardly worth the amount of anger that this thread has created and possibility of title losses.

Now, speaking of title losses. Since you brought it out in public, I will take the higher road here and extend an invitation to ANY Recognized member here to PM me or your respective Committee heads with your concerns. But what I will not tolerate is someone trying to make a martyr of themselves by pushing out their chest and saying, "Strip my title, I don't care about it". Well if that is the case, then let me get the matches and pole and we'll get it on Joan-of-Arc style. Contrary to popular opinion, we do have some class and don't do things like this in public. If you don't want your titles, then shoot a PM to anyone of us and we'll remove it. Continue with the childish arguments with no substantial facts and slandering Mods and Admins about their apparent lack of impartiality and we're going to have a real problem. Want me to treat you like an adult, then start acting like one and bring your facts to the table. Then we'll talk. But boasting about title removal and the other BS is going to go nowhere.