[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] Binary100100:
Not sure if you know exactly what you're talking about. I've never heard of a mod accepting a bribe because a corporation or third party didn't like the opinions of their customers. It's a pretty strong accusation. Instead, try to think with a rational mind and remember that mods are also members of the community and most want the same as the rest of you.

To all:

For those entertaining the idea of "corrupt moderators" know that most of them run custom roms, kernels, etc as well just like you do. Some of them even develop for their own devices and share it with the community that they moderate for. But in this case, we just can't on this device (yet). But they all have a responsibility to keep the threads on topic, organized and make sure members follow forum rules all while remaining fair and unbiased. They *could* just warn the forum

once

and start handing out infractions which eventually might limit your ability to post completely. Would that be a better alternative than shutting down a thread that only seems to fill up with negative, inaccurate and off topic nonsense? Always remember that they are NOT the "forum police" but more like "forum janitors" instead. Sure there are a few that are a bit strict but it's only because cleaning up junk posts/threads of members that deliberately break forum rules and abuse and/or troll the forums.

Basically, until there is something that can be contributed in the Galaxy S7 Edge forums then this place is just filled with a mess that they are constantly having to clean up. Then a very few of you act like a bunch of spoiled and uncontrollable children, make a mess of it and ruin it for everyone else until the mods can clean it up again. Those few demand answers, demand root, demand progress, threaten to return the device, e-mail/call Samsung/T-Mobile, etc. They post and rant about it over and over again. We (XDA mods and her community) get it already! Enough is enough! What difference will a dozen pages of useless ranting have? It won't make researching and development go any faster or smoother. If anything, it hinders it by adding thousands of almost identical posts to a thread that originally had the purpose of achieving those goals. So now if someone wants to research and try a different approach for an exploit, he/she has to read though that crap to see what progress has already been made. And why? For what? Because those few want something to cry about stuff that can't be helped and express their discontent over and over again in the forum which means absolutely nothing until we accomplish what the forum is originally intended to be used for.

I'm going to make this crystal clear for all to understand. XDA does NOT work for you! Their mods are NOT paid! Developers are NOT paid! No one owes you anything and nothing is promised to you! No matter how many sign the petition and no matter many zero's you add to your "bounty" it's not going to mean anything until someone can accomplish it and the "bounty" is paid (if at all.) Seriously, what are you all thinking? Do you honestly think that Samsung (which we all know reads these) is going to say, "Well... they're so upset they have reached 15,500 on their petition and raised $1,424,500 for an unlocked bootloader. I guess they're really serious! Just look at at these e-mails and tweets that we've been receiving! Let's give it to them with an OTA update before anymore of these XDA members return their phones."

Damn it people wake up already.

Personally, if I was a moderator again (thank the Gods that I'm not), there wouldn't be all of these locked threads. I'd just be deleting them altogether. That way you all wouldn't be complaining about "locked threads" instead you'd be complaining about "deleted threads" and suspended memberships! Consider yourselves fortunate.

Now all of that being said, if you don't like XDA or their mods then PM me and I can recommend half a dozen other forums that you can go to instead where I'm sure you'll find a way to accomplish what you are looking for.

Good day to you all.