One of the reasons threads are closed, and pretty much the only reason, are because they take a turn towards being attacks on members or moderators. This thread for instance is at a fork in the road. Will it stay on the path of helpful criticism and debate or will it turn towards personal attacks on individual moderators? That's the type of fork that decides a thread's fate. We close very few topics but those that turn personal really leave us no choice.
There have been differences between users and moderators at one point or another, that's where we learn from the situations though. I know of differences between users and mods in the past and I think everybody needs to give a second chance to those they have differences with. I know we all try to improve how we handle things and hopefully it's evident over time. | 
