The McCoy thread was based on a poster coming in claiming "insider info" and then getting lambasted for it. This is a thread complaining about the owners and is solely based on one poster's opinion and didn't deserve a thread all of its own. The difference is fairly obvious, one is an opinion, the other purports to be news.
I understand a lot of BBMB people are getting used to posting here and I'm sure it's an adjustment, but the board has regulated LAMP threads in this manner for years. There are not minimum post requirements to start a thread (though I often whine about that) because by and large LAMP threads get dumped on pretty quickly and drop off the main page. Newbies aren't hated here so no need to feel attacked for being a newbie, there's bound to be friction when a large group of people come into any community and everyone is adjusting.