In this GQ thread I received warnings for snark, and for not providing a sufficient level of detail to back up my assertions.
I don’t really care about the snark part so much, I will take it under advisement, although I do wonder why the only other active poster who is also engaging in snark imho, was not warned.
More importantly, given the only active poster, at the top of the thread, specifically asked me for:
Why is Colibri instructing:
When no one in the thread (the op is long gone, there is only one person besides me and lately Colibri) has claimed my instructions as described are in any way wrong or mere assertions?
In fact the other person has generally agreed with all of the suppositions, logic, and reasoning I give, and then ascribed some sort of other reason that I can’t fathom that s/he does not understand, and has begun demanding more detail despite the earlier request to keep it high-level.
What I don’t get is why a moderator is officially jumping in and literally moving the goalposts a poster placed initially and is trying to move him or herself? Why is a moderator providing support for the moving of the goalposts?
I don’t mind if the poster in question asks me for more detail, I can provide it or demur, but to demand it and then get support from a mod that my continued participation in the thread is dependent on the moved goalposts, when the OP has already been answered?
That is new to me, and I would appreciate colibri’s explanation as to why a mod would do that, or better yet, why a mod DID do that in this case.