As to not posting it in meta, well, I was afraid that in meta my post and poll would be deleted in no time, so I decided to try my luck in off topic.
No mod would delete a post about moderation in meta. In fact, your odds of having your post deleted in off-topic are even greater than a post is meta. If a post about moderation is deleted in Meta, please IMMEDIATELY appeal to theymos.
"Someone reported" BlackBear said, and he never gave any thoughts about that someone's agenda, he just went and deleted that post straight to the trash... If that does not prove that he favored the person who reported it over the one who wrote it, than I rest my case.
I obviously can't speak for the other mods, but when I see a report, I don't put much thought into what the report reason is. Sure, I look at it so that I can at least know what to look for that the reporter doesn't like, but I always review the reported post on its own merits. Sometimes, that means I have to review the entire thread, hence why whole pages of a thread can vanish from a single report.
We know how to apply the rules and how to apply them fairly, but we're not omnipotent.
I can provide many links to various posts proving my point, but what would be the use?
Please report any post that violates policy, thanks!
Never had too much luck with moderators either, in my thread they were deleting my replies but leaving those super rude entries I was trying to reply to... so yes, I know very well, "It's dangerous to go alone":
Rude posts are completely acceptable here from a moderation standpoint, as long as they are on-topic. Off-topic replies to rude posts, such as ad hominem attacks, are deleted (unless the person is related to the topic, such as a company spokesperson in a thread about that company). If you stay on-topic with your reply and attack the rude person's ideas instead of the person themself, then chances are your reply will be allowed to stay (unless the post you were replying to was off-topic).
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A reply of yours, quoted below, was deleted by a Bitcoin Forum moderator. Posts are most frequently deleted because they are off-topic, though they can also be deleted for other reasons. In the future, please avoid posting things that need to be deleted.
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This is too much for my taste gweedo, I reported you to a moderator. Some things should not be accepted in a civilized public forum, let's see if I am right...
Case in point: posts saying that you are reporting someone are almost always off-topic. Make a new thread in the proper section if you don't like someone.
