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The problem wasn't that you raised an issue with me being promoted. The problem was you did it with a snarky comment that offered no feedback or constructive criticism or evidence that would raise questions about my position whatsoever. You left that comment solely to be petty and we're not going to allow that kind of garbage anymore, from anyone.

I didn't read any of the other replies but I would just like to point out this is in stark contrast what you said in your moderation application. (Continued below picture)



I don't know if saying "yikes" really constitutes "toxicity" - at worst it petty. I have no stake in this, I don't have a previously relationship to you. I don't dislike you and I don't like you - we rarely interact. However, an honest observation is that you tend to cherry pick "idealogies" when they benefit you. During your staff app you claimed the "It's okay not to be professional as long as you're not downright toxic" because subscribing to that idea at the time justified how you spoke to people in that app. Now it seems like you're adopting the "We're not allowing that garbage anymore, by anyone" idea because it justifies how you handled the comment. Not to mention Battons isn't staff anymore, I don't think he is really under any commitment to maintain professionality.

Not an attack, because I personally don't care about you as a person getting the role. (I do have a qualm with Gabe's process though, which I will go over later in an edit)

EDIT:

As much as it's a fucking meme at this point, I do find it weird that there was literally no "transparency" with your promotion. There was no process, no application, no community input whatsoever. I don't think Gabe being Web Admin really makes a difference either. There is a standard within the community that all people go through an application process, even Admins, before being admitted to staff. The fact that you were just promoted is lame. To reiterate, nothing against you as a person, but critiquing the actual process and how we got here. The forums are a community-wide resource, they are one of the uniting factors that all servers share. They are where important announcements are made, where people are banned/unbanned, and where community input is most valued. For those reasons alone, given the intrinsic nature of the forums, your promotion should have been through an application process. Regardless of the justification that Gabe gave on his post for your promotion, this screams favortism. 

Anyways, don't care that much to continue this monstrosity of a thesis.