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Originally Posted by ScalyFreak
The person was treated as if she knew very well she posted an affiliate link within hours of being told not to do it. I also assumed she knew very well what she was doing, but since I'm not a moderator I didn't comment on it. Nor have I bothered going into detail about the complete lack of common sense it takes to post a link like that without checking if it's an affiliate link when they are a controversial issue right now. Or the simple fact that breaking rules have consequences, deal with it and move on.
If a person who knows me very well calls me a liar I'll be offended, because they should know better. A person who doesn't know me at all has nothing to base their assessment of me on except whatever they see me do, and if my actions paint me in an unfavorable light, that's on me, and not on whoever else sees my actions and misunderstands them. If I want someone to give me the benefit of doubt, I need to earn that privilege. I can't be bothered to do that, I have no right to complain when no one gives me the benefit of doubt either.
I'm not naive enough to assume you'll believe me when I say I'm an honest person just because I promise you that I'm an honest person and you can really believe me when I say I am. To me it's basic common sense to treat everyone around me the same way.
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So you start from the premise that a person is guilty until proven otherwise? Sorry, I don't work that way; I try to give people the benefit of the doubt without their having to earn it. I mean, I'm not going to stake my life or my money on someone's claims on the Internet, but I'm not going to assign evil intentions when someone makes a mistake, and when they say it's a mistake, I believe them.
The point here is that the person posted an affiliate link that SHE DID NOT CREATE, and that did not benefit her in any way. It was just a simple mistake. It was not at all the same situation as if one of the people who habitually post deals had blatantly defied the new edict, and yet it was treated that way.
And the second point is that if you're a moderator, you should be trying to calm a situation, not inflame it with a public accusation.
That is why the discussion has morphed. It was about the few people who consistently posted deals and had affiliate links--the edict affected them directly, and inconvenienced the rest of us; and, OK, after some grumbling chances are we'll deal. But now it's about any of us innocently doing a cut-and-paste occasional link and potentially being called out publicly. I don't know about you, but I certainly feel disinclined to pass on any link to a bargain. As I said earlier, the accusation of lying has a chilling effect.