[theme-reviewers] Why the double standards and why Pagelines gets special treatment?

[Otto]

On Sat, Mar 24, 2012 at 2:43 PM, Trent Lapinski <trent at cyberchimps.com> wrote:
> PageLines was then featured on WordPress.org. It was one of the first upsell themes to ever be featured on WordPress.org, and the criteria of which was determined to be that Otto simply decides what themes should or should not be featured.

Before you go singling me out, note that I've said this before and
you're apparently not listening: ANYBODY with moderator rights or
above to the themes directory can change the featured themes. This
includes me and about 20-30 other people.


> I still believe it is a conflict of interest for PageLines to be featured, and it is not in the best interest of WordPress.org or the WordPress community due to the issues I have raised above, and I'm not sure why this has be brought up time and time again by so many different people to be taken seriously.

We disagree with you. Are you finished now?


-Otto