[Android Apps and Games] bubba1601:
I can only agree unfortunately.

1. I notice my comment that the Dev had said he was not going to be active on this thread for a while due to school, was removed.

How exactly is that not helping someone asking for assistance from the developer?

Isn't that being helpful by explaining the developer is busy with other things?

2. My comment that the fact icon packs and customisation of this launcher was not happening has been answered several hundred times in this thread was removed.

How is that explanation not helpful?

On just about every page of this thread people have requested to be able to add custom icon packs to this launcher.

I only stated that question had been answered several hundred times (also several times by the developer himself) throughout this thread and it was not going to happen.

3. My comment the Dev had asked users wanting more customisation should try lawn chair was removed too.

How is that not helpful?

The developer himself was giving users another option to this launcher, (probably to endorse his other work)

So how is a suggestion like that been seen as not being helpful?

So right now I feel like the mod was telling me off personally for helping a user who may not have known that stuff, or maybe that person didn't want to look through the thread, or was too lazy to look through the thread.

How do I know?

I thought one of the rules of XDA was to search threads before commenting or posting.

I got that very wrong.

The rewritten rules for 2018 should read

1. Don't become an active member of any thread.

2. Dont actually read the thread so you are aware of pace of development feature requests, and can use that gained knowledge to help others.

3. Do not help other users by explaining things you read in the thread.

4. Your helpful comments WILL be removed

5. Finally, in the comment above my own, someone breaks the golden rule of XDA and asks for an update!

This has happened quite regularly in this thread, even though there is nothing to update at the moment..........

Is that comment going to be removed?

I understand my comments will get removed again but its about time there was a little bit of consistency and common sense applied here.

Its seems its OK to break the rules constantly about asking for eta and updates, but its not OK for a few of us to tell several people asking the same thing over and over and over again that their question has been asked, been answered, and unfortunately the Dev had already answered that and doesn't agree to it.

I'm a mod for a G+ community, and a post there would never get as bad as this one has recently or have so many repetitive comments as this one currently does.

That's the problem here, its nothing to do with "lack of respect" or "flaming" or someone telling people off for not searching.

Stop the cause of the problem and start telling these people who don't search or look to start searching and looking and there's no issue.

Rather than stamp on people who try to help, stamp on people who continually post without searching or looking, or XDA won't be left with anyone who does take note, does read things, does help, does assist and knows a little bit about the thread they are participating in.