>>32635849I think I need to explain the basics again.
Foundation rules are found here
http://www.4chan.org/rulesCulture rules are discovered by lurking boards.
An example of a culture rule here at /vp/ is
"No Playthroughs using the get mechanism"
Another culture rule is "Don't slugpost."
These areas are grey because it depends on their current trend whether they gravitate towards being deletable or not.
Think of it like this, a stone at the bottom of the pond pulls on things on the surface. Things that fall too close to the stone are deleted. This stone is the Foundation Rules. Things obviously that break Foundation Rules are deleted quickly, things that sit on the surface or near the surface are those grey areas, therefore the trend of those things within those areas adds or removes weight to them. Slug posting used to be considered acceptable, however once its trend became negative, it got weighed down to the point where it sank and got swallowed by the stone.
However, there are judgement calls to be made, and sometimes there are mistakes. Keep in mind, the staff are human too so there is the possibility of bias and wrong doing. That is why I am educating you and giving you your defenses against those who go against their duty.
Now, what is a biased staff member?
Acting accordingly to the treshold of deletion and trend sink theory, this is not bias. The defense in this case is usually 98% toward the deletor and not the poster as its an "In the best judgement of the deletor." Ergo, this is not bias. You may feel gypped, although its just up to you on your end to learn more about board culture so you don't get to that point where someone has to make a judgement call.
A biased mod/janitor is like a mod who follows and deletes your posts site wide after a board ban because they don't like you, or a janitor who has bias towards a certain Pokemon, and deletes your post because you say "You're Pokemon is shit." Hope its been helpful!
