What some may see as an abuse is often done for very good reason, and those reasons may sometimes not be able to be shared because of time or resource limitations. What some might think is reasonable, may from experience, may not appear so to the moderators... and as frustrating as that might be, they're sometimes done with a view to the larger picture.
Before I became a mod, I occasionally complained about threads or posts that were deleted or other things that mods did without explanation, but having seen the other side of things, there is always a compromise between what an individual's needs are and the larger community. On the whole, I think we're also pretty reasonable about giving consideration about serious complaints, especially if we're approached in the right manner through the
Contact Us form.
The other thing is that people often overlook is that we're all volunteers, taking time out from our personal lives to spend time keeping the place tidy and organised for the community, balancing our needs, the site's needs and the expectations of its members... and as pointed out in the forum rules, we're human as well. We get tired, we (occasionally) get ratty, we get bogged down with people who take up our time... but we all have our own senses of humour and if approached reasonably and calmly will sort stuff out for you. We're often busy behind the scenes helping people out with all sorts of matters that will never see the light of day.
Consecutive posts annoy many; they're listed in the Forum Rules as a thing not to do, and we receive a lot of post reports about them. That's why we merge them.
