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0 pointsbbor5mo ago0 comments

I edited the part you quoted (sorry! You were quick), but no fundamental disagreement on either point. I’d just say this in response:

1. Yeah it’s confusing, but keep scrolling — the last one is staying. Also the first one said that they’ll try to do mod stuff in their spare time, which tells me they aren’t really resigning

2. Moderation is certainly a skill, no doubt about it — just as policing is IRL. I just find the idea that it’s such an arcane skill that others couldn’t possibly have opinions about it or critically assess instances of it to be… hubristic?

3. Yes, I totally accept that the mod team might be fighting some sort of good fight here that’s separate from the procedural debate (where they’re clearly in the wrong). Still, even if that is the case: they’re not making that point very convincingly, at least for this outsider!

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wizzwizz45mo ago

Funny you should say that about the procedural debate, because I actually have the other opinion about that! The role of a steering committee is to make high-level decisions, and delegate delegate delegate: having direct involvement is a warning sign, and the few instances I've seen of that have gone really badly. (That said, I don't know what it's a warning sign of.)

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0 pointsbbor5mo ago0 comments

I edited the part you quoted (sorry! You were quick), but no fundamental disagreement on either point. I’d just say this in response:

1. Yeah it’s confusing, but keep scrolling — the last one is staying. Also the first one said that they’ll try to do mod stuff in their spare time, which tells me they aren’t really resigning

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wizzwizz45mo ago

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