The Usual Behind-the-Scenes Epinions B.S.

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Well, I was chatting online with someone from the site and we were talking about all of the changes over the years and some of the site politics. I said that I was surprised that in all the years I'd been there I was never given any other "hats" than the ones I had already. This person told me that I had been "tagged" because I had been in groups where people posted their links and I would never get anything other than what I already had because of it and that when my name had come up to some people, it had been crossed off because of this. I was stunned. The groups were around a lot when I first started because of the whole pay-per-hit thing and I just kept doing it because no one ever seemed to have a problem with it. Believe me, it wasn't like I was making a whole lot of money or getting a ton of hits from it. You are talking about a difference of 3-5 hits on a review! How would I have reacted if someone had said to me "we'd like to give you a hat but won't because of this..." I honestly don't know. I'm ticked now because it's like I have been blacklisted for no good reason. Show me anywhere on the site rules where it states you don't post links in groups? It doesn't. These same people are making an assumption that I wanted everyone to rate me VH and I would rate them VH. That's not the case - I rated everything honestly and believe me, I took flak over the years when I rated people less than VH who thought they deserved it. I don't care if they posted the link in a group or what they rated my review. But because some people on the site have their own unwritten rules and make ASSumptions, there are people blackballed from getting recognition who don't even know about it. I never knew that disagreeing with the majority was being "a disruptive presence" on the site, but apparently this is so as well. People who haven't done anything against the site rules but have asked honest questions about things of the Leads abd Community Care have also found themselves on the outside looking in. And then they want to know why they have a problem with writer retention...