Many moderators are on the BFL payroll
Who?
BadBear is invested in BFL. Gmaxwell has been promised free BFL units, ostensibly in support of his development. Gmaxwell is also extremely angry about how Avalon snubbed him, claiming publicly that Jgarzik was the only developer to purchase an Avalon unit and rewarding him accordingly. In actual fact Gmaxwell had also ordered a unit and he is absolutely seething about this, seeing it as a public humiliation. He is taking a very pro BFL moderation stance because of these two factors.
I have seen private correspondence that proves this.
If that is affecting their moderating decisions such that they break policy, contact theymos immediately with the details.
plus ad spot sales
Cablepair also bought many ad slots, and he now has a scammer tag.
Nowhere near as many, and when Cablepair did buy ads the price had already been forced up by BFL bidding. He would never have given you (and yes, I mean you, because we all know where a good proportion of that money ends up. Right in your pocket) so much money if BFL hadn't driven the prices up.
The money does not go in theymos' pocket. Many times, I wish some of it did, since he deserves it for the development work he has put into this forum.
Theymos owns part of BFL.
I don't.
Well, I have seen email correspondence that indicates you have invested in BFL. So either are lying, or people at BFL are telling lies about you to people.
Send that information to me and the other moderators and we'll look into it.