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[Brobert]

This is the most ridiculous post I have had to make. Recently we had an issue with 1 member disliking posts from another member. THAT does not concern me at all. The like/dislike system exists for people to have fun and give feedback. It is not to gauge one's social status here and if you use it for that purpose I feel sorry for you, especially if likes/dislikes are more important than other things in your life. Conversely, if you have hours to burn disliking someone's posts more power to you, it's your time... do with it what you see fit. The problem is when I'm dragged into the middle of this to mediate what is nothing more than 2 children throwing sand in the sandbox.

Extraordinary claims have been made and I have yet to receive proof anything occurred. I received a PM this morning accusing me of deliberately favoring or protecting one side over another and deleting threads when that is not the case. For the record I don't give a rat's ass about the number of likes/dislikes you have and I'm sure most of the members here feel the same. One of the mods here intervened and nuked a thread about likes/dislikes this morning because it was ridiculous and there was a concerted effort by some members to mock staff moderation on this site. The mods generously give their time here and I believe they do a tremendous job. Acting like you have no idea how the like/dislike system works or pretending you have no idea why your rep points went down is straight up lying and I will not tolerate it. This is not a school playground, grow up and stop wasting our time. We have better things to do than deal with childish drama.

To all of those involved, you know who you are. The friends of those involved, you also know who you are. One more post about this, one more mention about this, one more PM complaining to me about this and you're all gone. That's a promise! If I see it, hear about it, or even suspect it.... I will show you what real transparency is and post everything I have had to deal with over the last 2 days.

[Brobert]

Update: One of the members in question has been placed on Admin Hold for creating a 2nd account to **** stir more than they already have. Upon further investigation I found a 3rd account. Having multiple accounts is grounds for immediate ban of all accounts registered to that person. The only reason to have multiple accounts is to troll, create drama or shill in your own sales posts. WE DO NOT ALLOW IT.