“I made an error in a post once. I think it was putting the link to the article in the title slot. Got it pulled, okay, fine, along with a curt message about learning to post.
This was after many years and dozens of successful posts. So why not a polite tone, with a message I had got things switched up?
Figured the mod was a natural grump or having bad day.”
Exactly right. Simple common courtesy is a good practice if you actually appreciate your users. It doesn’t make any sense to have the “You are lucky we even let you post here” attitude while trying to retain users and survive on participation and donations. Unless you have so many folks knocking down the doors to come participate and donate that it doesn’t matter if you lose any.
Certain mods here are on a real power trip. They’re biased, have their favorites and are certainly not impartial. They don’t even try to hide it. That’s the way it’s been forever.