In reply to Louis.

I was just pointing out that links are not allowed as the TS thought this was to the discretion of the mod, which is not so.

Nowhere am I making excuses for the mods. As I said, I even had a similar experience. I addressed this to him and we worked it out in the end, as adult people.

What I tried to point out is that we are all people at the other end of the computer. Even mods are entitled to make mistakes (hence the biases bit) and they do. I am just not convinced that they are being rude on purpose. What makes it bitter is that they are in a powerful position and therefor can make you feel unheard, angry and sad.

Communication can be hard through written conversation. Some people are rude by nature even if they don't think they are. We may all got a few in the family even.

Also nowhere am I saying that developers are allowed to change a plugins functionality. I actually agree that rules need to be in place so this never happens again. If WordPress.org encourages us to keep our installations up to date, they have a moral obligation to not let something like this happen ever again. Moves like this are malicious, period.

It's that governance thing thats been discussed but isn't really getting a proper shape.