Well, moderators do have to make some decisions. To me it seemed @cibersheep made a polite request and also later apologized for the hiccup. This particular thread seems like a fine place to post about homespike, but I can't see which other posts were deleted.
To me it seemed like a fair instinct by a moderator, politely communicated, as well as fair points by @keneda.
Nothing so offputting to me.