I know that the mods don't write the rules.  I also understand that it is their job to enforce them.  My issue is with the policy and not with SFG for deleting my post in order to enforce it.

Honestly I was less aggravated about the whole thing BEFORE I re-read the policy.  I understand that TER's revenue base is completely dependent on full reviews and VIP membership but making people stand on their head while jumping through hoops just so they can give a quick heads-up to fellow hobbyists about a new girl in town is, in my opinion, counterproductive to the very existence of the regional boards.  

I'm willing to bet that if I had put my post as a response to the lady in question's ad post it would still be there.

Gotta agree with you here MrFisher!

First of all SoflaGuy just reposted what ADMIN has set forth as the guidelines. These are TER guidelines, not SoflaGuy's guidelines. If the folks here don't like the guidelines, then write admin and say you think the rules should be changed.

As a visiting lady in Boston these guidelines don't benefit me at all because I have pages of reviews. Would it be nice to get a mini review during a stay in a city I'm visiting, yes. That being said, If it really bothered me, I'd write admin. Maybe if enough people do it will change, who knows. That's TER's call.

TER isn't a perfect system, but I think it's the best review site there is, hands down. I like playing in the TER sandbox!

xoxo,

Steph

I know who owns the sandbox.  I'm usually the first one to tell the whiners that if they don't like it they can leave. Maybe it's just old age setting in but it occurs to me that, since TER is trying to promote itself as a community for the provider and hobbyist it might be OK, just once in a while, to complain about something that you don't necessarily think is being done the right way.  Will TER change the rules because I bitched about it? No, of course not, but that doesn't mean I shouldn't have the right to bitch about it.

I actually do look at each one.  If they are even close to adhering to the spirit of the rules, I leave them up.

I put the rules up so that you can read them and post a valid mini.  That way neither one of us has to go through the hassle of disapproving them.  Believe it or not, I don't like disapproving any posts.

These are TER's policies, not mine.  They are copied directly from the board policy posts.  I do not make any rules, I just enforce the rules TER has set.  Very seldom do I have to use judgement in leaving a post up or not and when I do, I always try to lean in the direction of leaving them up.

I hope this helps.