Marbles said:
Reality is, don't let the hype get to you. The old admins were quite reasonable about takedowns.

Well, to be honest that's more of recently (last couple years anyways). Arcturus has stated that they were more confrontational and inquisitive about takedown or DNP requests in the past, which is when they got that reputation of being uncooperative with artists. It's not like their reputation came from nowhere altogether, it's just rather exaggerated and outdated.