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[Abriael]

Everyone shooting the messenger poor kitty.

I'm sure not shooting. Even if the allegations were true, I seriously doubt our community reps had any part in the blunder (while they can relay the feedback to those that did). Just giving a friendly reminder.

They're just QQing that they didn't get in, and people in that state tend to believe wild theories to soothe their injured egos.

Again, all they have to do is to deny such wild theories officially. I'll definitely believe whatever they say unless I'm shown conclusive evidence of the contrary.

But deleting the thread that includes the complaint gives me all kinds of bad singnals. I would also mention that by taking it upon yourself to take a confrontational stance with those that are dissatisfied in the presence of a potentially serious PR blunder, you do SE no favors.

As for deleting threads, ever though about them simply removing the duplicates, since there is already a thread about the same topic?

That's why a moderator has the "lock" button, which is what has been used in previous, equivalent cases. Mind you, that thread was no duplicate, as it asked about a very specific issue, that wasn't included in the others, that are generic complaints about not being invited.

Again, the "climbing mirrors" metaphor comes to mind.