Your job as a moderator is to moderate according to a ruleset predefined and accepted by the community. It is your responsibility towards the entire community to enforce those rules, so don't feel bad about doing so. What would cause a real backlash is if you
didn't
remove posts that violate submission rules.
▼ Kwijibo
We are being spammed with a bunch of garbage. We are deleting irrelevant posts and those posters are complaining.
This type of question should go in /v/askpizzagate or /v/pizzagatemods
Please delete your post.
▼ wecanhelp
Please don't ask users to delete their posts. If the post violates rules, delete it. Thank you.
I'm removing this per rule 4.
▼ Kwijibo
OK, I just don't want to cause a backlash among the users. I try to be nice about it when it is not a blatant violation or stupid post.
▼ wecanhelp
Your job as a moderator is to moderate according to a ruleset predefined and accepted by the community. It is your responsibility towards the entire community to enforce those rules, so don't feel bad about doing so. What would cause a real backlash is if you didn't remove posts that violate submission rules.
Besides, this is a blatant violation of rule 4.