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Are you serious?
Look, I was not trying to say "screw the rules I'll do what I want". The old "don't reply to topics in this forum" sticky was not getting any attention, because people were replying to topics in there anyway. We're kinda serious about that "not replying" rule, and I was banning quite a few users in there everyday.
So since the old way was not working, I decided to make sure that everyone could see that we do not want people to reply in that forum. The only way that I could do that was by creating an all caps title in order to get everyone's attention. Though it may be a bit hypocritical, it was actually done pragmatically. We had a problem, and we needed some way to try to fix it. After I made that, people started to reply much less frequently in that forum, so it sort of worked.
We have the "don't make all caps titles" rules because people were making lots of all caps titles in all the forums. I at least think they're eyesores, and totally pointless. If your topic does not garner discussion or attention on its own merits, oh well. There is no real reason why one would make an all caps title unless they're were seeking attention. On these boards, no thread is really more important than any other topics. No thread is in greater need of attention than any other thread, with one exception. That exception is when the people who run or regulate the site need the users to look at something because it pertains to the functionability of the site.
I thought that thread was necessary to the functionability of the Classifieds forum, so I created it. If you think I was overstepping my bounds so be it. Though I think that rational people would agree that there is no harm in making an all caps title when that thread actually warrants attention.
Incidentally, when I created it I left a comment like "Look what you made me do! You made me make an all caps title. I hope you're happy" in tongue in cheek at the bottom of the post. It was deleted when it was edited in order to be updated. So, the irony is not lost on me, but I think that irony is very subtle at best.