i understand your frustration, but please rename the topic again, it looks horrible and makes the entire forum look bad..
I agree with @fosselius there are other ways to deal with this. You can lock the thread, you could partition out the offending posts in to a another thread and then lock the thread. Part of the confusion here is the way 0.18 has been released and we're seeing a manifestation of it. This is beside the fact that sometimes threads get hijacked and yes by forum regulars (I've done this myself and could work to improve this). But this unilateral and destructive decision born of frustration doesn't get it's needs met because people see disharmony more than they see your point. It sows confusion and anxiety and that's not necessary in this community.
No, sadly not as for some strange reason, NormandC is not a moderator..You can lock the thread, you could partition out the offending posts in to a another thread and then lock the thread.
I will not. I left it entirely to the moderators/admins. The fact that the topic is still pinned as a general announcement is exactly what I wanted to shed to light. Since my angered reply on Saturday, not a single moderator did anything.
Your cluelessness about how the forum works baffles me.
I was an admin until 2015. I resigned for two reasons: freedom of speech, and because I was sick and tired of feeling like I was the only one who took the job of forum moderation seriously.
Man! You should do what you want to do, but by moderating you do protect freedom of speech, by doing the moderation job seriously you set the standards for the rest to follow.