It was more than one moderator, actually.
Generally users are allowed a short window after creating a post to do their own edits or delete. After that moderators need to modify posts. This prevents some instances of abuse that we've dealt with in the past where users were editing their posts to sneak in illegal or malicious content after a post has received enough reaction to be trusted by the average user. It also prevents people from hurting the community be deleting popular posts or threads in a "I'm taking my ball and going home" kind of situation.
You were posting content in a help thread and then asking mods to dirty delete content if you didn't get a Medal reaction. This is a community and we're here to help each other and getting upset that less active users aren't giving you the maximum thanks is petty behavior.
We're happy to edit or delete posts that have bad/outdated information or broken links or delete the occasional post just because. When it becomes several requests a day to delete what appears to be useful text posts it feels more like abusive behavior and bad faith posting.
Generally users are allowed a short window after creating a post to do their own edits or delete. After that moderators need to modify posts. This prevents some instances of abuse that we've dealt with in the past where users were editing their posts to sneak in illegal or malicious content after a post has received enough reaction to be trusted by the average user. It also prevents people from hurting the community be deleting popular posts or threads in a "I'm taking my ball and going home" kind of situation.
You were posting content in a help thread and then asking mods to dirty delete content if you didn't get a Medal reaction. This is a community and we're here to help each other and getting upset that less active users aren't giving you the maximum thanks is petty behavior.
We're happy to edit or delete posts that have bad/outdated information or broken links or delete the occasional post just because. When it becomes several requests a day to delete what appears to be useful text posts it feels more like abusive behavior and bad faith posting.