More than 2k rep on SO (cool, I can edit ; ) in three months or so (one question, all the rest being answers and editing -- won a lot of +2 with my edits, before I was 2k rep). But I consider closing my account (and even behaving a bit like an ae by 'ragequitting' and purposefully destroying my most upvoted answers: I know it's bad, but I feel like I got cheated and saw my time "stolen" for me).
Overzealous mods did delete two perfectly fine answers because the question (not my answers) were offtopic. You can point out as much as you want that for SEO purposes SO explains that near-dupes are not that bad and that the time you spent answering should not be wasted by an overzealous mod (only removing value, by destroying what others created), they'll come with excuses and always refuse to admit wrongdoing.
You can criticize me as much as you want and tell me it's childish (I'm 40) to "ragequit" but I honestly feel I've been cheated by the site.
I was a well-behaving user there (still am), helping people (50 answers for one question). And then I encountered an overzealous mod not only acting like an arse using his mod power but also acting like a condescending jerk in comments.
He's not full of it at all. He's describing a very real SO issue (one of many) and, as usual, the SO-fanbois/shills are getting on their high-horse explaining that SO is perfect, that there is nothing to see, that mods cannot possibly be overzealous, etc. And all this using a "tone", as usual...
And you don't have to. And you do not have to answer to that SO mod's request here for several people here agree with you and know you're not making this up.
There's no need for anyone to provide links. A lot of people are complaining about this. And as soon as anyone tries to post in meta about this issue (the issue of mods over-zealously closing questions), these posts in meta get downvoted to no avail and there's a flamefest of "high horse" posts... By mods! Constantly defending themselves, just like you do here. It's always the same "link or it didn't happen" and then the exact same "oh but I wasn't using a 'tone' here". Yes you were. And you know it. And several people here agree...
"Link or it didn't happen" is a perfectly valid response to empty complaints that provide no evidence. As a moderator I'm in a position to actually do something about real problems. If you just whine and complain without giving me a link I can't do anything about it.
No, I wasn't taking a tone. If I was I wouldn't say that I wasn't. If you perceived a tone, it's on your end. I'd thank you to not call me a liar.
Overzealous mods did delete two perfectly fine answers because the question (not my answers) were offtopic. You can point out as much as you want that for SEO purposes SO explains that near-dupes are not that bad and that the time you spent answering should not be wasted by an overzealous mod (only removing value, by destroying what others created), they'll come with excuses and always refuse to admit wrongdoing.
You can criticize me as much as you want and tell me it's childish (I'm 40) to "ragequit" but I honestly feel I've been cheated by the site.
I was a well-behaving user there (still am), helping people (50 answers for one question). And then I encountered an overzealous mod not only acting like an arse using his mod power but also acting like a condescending jerk in comments.