Yes and No. Yes barman was a good soldier and didnt question his orders. Did he do it spitefully or for his own pleasure? No, definately not. Taking the fun out of the Rx was a management decision, barman was a semi-avid RR poster before he went on the payroll. From that point on Im convinced he did what he was asked to do nothing more.
I think the problem was with the design of the homepage, RR threads were getting more action than the OS threads and appear as "hot topics" on the homepage and the management didnt like that.
Then there is BAS, god bless his his watch selling soul, who is also a culprit. I've seen a few edits to threads in the RR that I was like "WTF?", for istance the time I called you (billhill) "Boohoo999" because you were crying about some shit like always. That was edited and I was put on post review. It's not like I called you a joo or a nagger or a republican poo stabber. The post was made in the RR and you are a whiner so I dont see what the big deal was. Was that a gay move on Bas's part? Yes, but I'll give him a pass because he is old and a good friend of Boohoo.
For me what really killed it "the great poo purge", when for some reason kidman232, the most useless poster on the entire Rx mind you" asked to have a bunch of threads deleted because he was bored of them, to which the mods happily oblidged.
If you like off color humor than the Rx doesnt want to hear about it, plain and simple.