> obviously a lot of people dont like ryche hawk for various reasons... why do
> those in the upper shroomery bueracracy feel the need to "mute" these people
> who speak out against ryche hawk (and other vendors who support the
> shroomery financially) when they have legitimate concerns?

there is no ?upper shroomery bureaucracy? and i don?t feel the need to mute anyone who speaks out against any vendor with a reasonable concern.  however, when the sole purpose of a post is simply to talk shit about another person (be it a vendor or another member), nothing productive will come out of it.  starting a thread with a puppet and responding to it with another puppet (with a user name intentionally designed to spoof/degrade a current member) in a forum designed to discuss vendor related issues - not to post freely about how much someone hates someone else - is completely unacceptable.  the legitimate concerns had already been addressed in the many other threads pertaining to hawk?s past trouble, and there is no reason to flame anyone in the vendor forum in multiple threads.  flames are not productive.  as am example, as i have seen thus far, hawk has been arranging to replace orders that got stolen, and i have seen members apologizing for jumping on the bandwagon and flaming him before they even gave him a chance to make good on the deal.


> it just seems to me that any actions that are taken on this board are always done in
> the best interest of the vendors who pay money to keep this ship afloat

?actions? are not done in the best interest of paying vendors here.  the only bias i can think of is not allowing vendors to post ad banners in their signatures, but this makes complete sense because the paying vendors need to get some benefits for sponsoring the site? and if everyone who wants to mail out some spores advertises in their sig, then paying vendors who may not employ this tactic are at a huge loss.


> why do THESE people deserve preferential treatment by having the moderators
> and admins always wiping their chins for them?

the aforementioned people do not deserve preferential treatment, and they do not receive preferential treatment.  my reasons for defending hawk are completely different from my reasons for notifying the vendor mods/admins about the flame threads being started in the vendor forum last night.  i stand up for hawk because i am a satisfied customer who has received all his orders sterile and viable, even though some orders may take a while to arrive.  i would have requested a mod to delete/close any threads that an obvious sock puppet kept posting for the strict purpose of childish trash talk regardless of who it was about.

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why do those in the upper shroomery bueracracy feel the need to "mute" these people who speak out against ryche hawk (and other vendors who support the shroomery financially) when they have legitimate concerns?

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