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Being repeatedly targeted and harassed with disputable/arbitrary deletions of answers by a specific moderator
I will stop contributing answers to this subforum
This may be the source of your confusion and bad experience - back in the day we used to say this is not a forum. In particular, there are no threads....
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Being repeatedly targeted and harassed with disputable/arbitrary deletions of answers by a specific moderator
Ok, let's look at your 3 answers in question:
Hacker from China:
You conclude what every other answer did, that the hack could come from anywhere. You then talk about why you don't like software or ...
schroederMod
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Anonymous edits that don't change anything
This sort of thing happens all the time. Enough rejects from reviewers helps prevent them doing it after a short while.
In short, no anomaly, it's very common. You, and reviewers like you help ...
Rory AlsopMod
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Moderator deleted my answer without good reason
The first part of your answer explicitly says that you are repeating other answers, then you:
provide a link saying that the developer knows that the tool has a weakness explained by the other ...
schroederMod
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Admin keeps deleting my comment on why I voted to close
If the project in question was not an anti-adblocker, the question would be fine on its own. That you do not like the project is moot. Expressing yourself that you do not like the project is fine, if ...
schroederMod
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Mod deleted a valid answer for a false reason
Mason - there are various problems here.
At a very basic level there are some misunderstandings. Such as thinking that frame challenges are appropriate. For the majority of sites I moderate, they are ...
Rory AlsopMod
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Mod deleted a valid answer for a false reason
Regardless of whether or not you saw my comment, I pointed it out when I deleted your answer so that you have a place to make your points.
Since when is a screen-long, in-depth discussion of an issue
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schroederMod
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Admin keeps deleting my comment on why I voted to close
deleted the automatically-added comment that came with my close vote explaining why I voted.
I'm not sure if the moderator should have done that. Moderators don't have the ability to retract other ...
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Should the "breaking a specific system" close reason be retired?
You may not have seen the countless times we have used it. It has been an incredibly useful rule for us as mods to get rid of not so many "show me how to hack" questions. Most of them are ...
Rory AlsopMod
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Moderator deleted my answer without good reason
I'll admit, when I first saw your answer I almost flagged it. It reads a little bit like a rant and a little bit like an ad.
But, the reason I didn't is that part about the creator not considering it ...
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Should the "breaking a specific system" close reason be retired?
... used as a reason to close generic ... questions against window 10,
which is a specific OS, not a "system".
You have a very strangely narrow definition of "system". "OS&...
schroederMod
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Being repeatedly targeted and harassed with disputable/arbitrary deletions of answers by a specific moderator
Since you requested comments from more people: I've read through all of the three deleted answers, and I agree with the assessment of the moderator. The judgement the moderator made is the same as any ...
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Question closed as off-topic without further discussion
I have no idea if the question is answerable with a quick google or not, but I don't think that is the important part. Instead I think you should focus on the stated close reason:
This question ...
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Question being marked as a duplicate of another with general troubleshooting steps
Schroeder left you a very specific note in the chat linked under your question:
The problem is that this isn't a security issue. You have a networking issue. We get so many questions like this ("...
Rory AlsopMod
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2020: a year in moderation
Wow! Impressive stats!
I'd like to give a big thank you to our moderators, Avid, Jeff Ferland, Rory Alsop and schroeder. Each and every one of those 3,514 cleared comments made the site a little bit ...
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