[wp-forums] Just bozo'd this plugin author

[Mark Ratledge]

Yikes. Angry plugin dev who wants to make his own rules.

And esmi, I'm sure it is a typo, but it still feels spot on; you typed "sick puppe" instead of "sock puppet" in your second to last post :)


-- songdogtech


On Jun 17, 2014, at 2:59 PM, esmi at quirm dot net wrote:

> <https://wordpress.org/support/profile/dot07>
> 
> For the following comment to a perfectly innocent reviewer (and resulting arguments) in <https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wow-simply-amazing?replies=11>
> 
> <quote>
> We have been informed that the policy WordPress moderators are using is to remove reviews of people who just sign up to review, review on the same day they sign up, and they don't participate in the forums.
> 
> We understand that users come from all over the world and from other websites where they may be participating, but sign up to express their opinions about plugins. But, WordPress moderators seem to be using a guide that doesn't take that into consideration. So, please to become a participant in the forums here so that the time you have taken to register and post your review doesn't get wasted.
> </quote>
> 
> Seems he had a slap on the wrist via email from the plugin review team for sock puppetry - hence his statement about this "new policy". And he seems to be deliberately ignoring the distinction between forum policy and decisions taken by the plugin review team on a case-by-case basis.
> 
> I think he definitely needs watching over the next few weeks to see if he continues trying spread this idea of a new policy.
> 
> Mel
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