Merkle
Banned
- Location
- Baton Rouge, LA
Was this an independent decision made by forum management due to shit getting out of control or was there influence from APR? I think we would all like a little clarity and transparency from board management given that APR is an official sponsor of the forum (i.e pays money to advertise). If some of things being said are true then their maybe a conflict of interest as the board would profit at the expense of board members who may not be fully aware of the issues at hand.
Full disclosure:
APR vendors and myself aren't really on speaking terms. I have called one in particular an 'asshole', many times via PM. I discussed this with the other mods, and we came to a conclusion. Threads were turning into "APR employee is such an asshole" Instead of "APR's products have issues X, Y, and Z" I shut down the threads to avoid individuals from getting attacked.
Like I said in my earlier announcement, we know who these people are, we know what they're like now. It's time to move on and just let them be. We all had that one asshole friend, and what do you do after a while? You just leave them alone, and get them out of your life. Same applies here, same applies to me as well. I haven't been at my best, I jumped on the bandwagon with everyone else, time to make amends.
TL;DR We made the decision on our own. Enough was enough.