Quote -^^^NOT 100% true.  At all.

Correct. Some posts get deleted because they are responses to other posts that get deleted due to personal attacks and insults, or some other violation of tos, so part of cleaning up the violation posts also requires cleaning up the rest of it.

I can't speak for any other moderator, only myself, but I don't delete posts just because they don't follow some specific way of thinking or doing things. I don't make it a habit of sensoring other people's thoughts and opinions. In fact I try hard not to do that unless those thoughts and opinions violate tos. If there are too many posts like that in one thread, then I will just delete the entire thread because I'm not going to waste my time babysitting it for people who don't know how to conduct themselves on a professional level. But I'm not going to delete a post or thread just because some people don't think that particular subject should be allowed here.

For example, I've had several complaints from members who seem to think that Genesis and DS shouldn't be allowed to be discussed here in any shape or form. That is irrational. Both Genesis and DS are part of the Poser world, regardless of whether some agree with that or not. It's just the way it is. If plug-ins and utilities didn't exist to make them Poser-compatible, then there would be less reason for those subjects to be discussed here. But those plug-ins do exist, and are the link that keeps them Poser-related.

I'm very easy to get along with 99% of the time and try to be friendly towards everyone until given a reason not to be. I'd like to make this forum a more enjoyable place for everyone. I don't want anyone to feel like they aren't able to express themselves fairly. All I require is that those expressions are kept on a mature level that do not involve insults, or belittle other users for doing something differently or using something that others deem unworthy for whatever reasons they dream up. 

If you have specific examples of a post that you think I deleted unfairly, you're more than welcome to PM me about it and I'll explain to you why it was deleted. I'm able to see every post that's ever been deleted from any thread, at any point in history, so if you know what post it is, or what thread it was in, I can refer back to it. But I can't give you a definitive answer on why, for anything that I didn't delete because I don't read minds. 

Quote -A forum that the poser forum management would do well to examine is CGSociety. Their moderators are far more restrict and delete at most one post a month or something like that. Neither do they have any problem with "spambots and trolls". IMO the current policy of this forum is wrong and to the detriment of us all.

CGSociety and Renderosity are very different forums, with very different motives, so you are going to find a different group of members between the two. The membership numbers are also very different, so that also requires a different form of moderation. This isn't my first time moderating a forum either, so I'm pretty confident that I know what I'm talking about. But if anyone is unhappy with the way things are moderated here, then you're welcome to find another forum to frequent. There's no reason for you to be here if your time spent isn't productive and enjoyable. If your only reason for being here is to stir drama, then I will take the necessary steps to remove you permenantly. 

~Shane