[argumentum]

I agree with this (particularly since it's anonymous), but piling on seems kind of mean.

Another option would be to simply email the given address and state your complaints. For example that you may have been interested (if you were), but felt mislead by the posting.

[jpadvo]

The reason I publicly posted this is because it is an issue about community standards, not just a personal issue between me and the company.

It's interesting to think about my own motivations -- I wonder if I would have been gentler if their post hadn't been anonymous. If so, should I have been gentler even though their post was anonymous? Anyway, I apologize if this caused unnecessary hurt, I didn't mean to.

[argumentum]

I didn't mean to imply that you were piling on, and I don't doubt your intentions one bit. . The problem is that once this is posted, you have little control over the outcome in the comment threads and piling on is inevitable. Again, not a criticism of you at all, my reply was aimed at the comments in the thread.