Yes, yes, meta posts are gay, I know.
I do think it's important to hold mods accountable, though, remain aware of what is going on, and also to remind people that mod logs are, in fact, public.
Fuckery #1, #2, and #3:
Dom banned u/btbw for 256 days for "conniving merchants and cultists that manipulate all sides behind the scenes" in the context of Legend of the Galactic Heroes. Without comment or explanation directly to the person he was banning. He banned him because someone else responded with "Cool it with antisemitic remarks" (which I've seen reported repeatedly, someone really doesn't like that meme), and said the parent comment did break the rules.
Now, that parent could have also been reported, but it is funny that Dom has said he can't hunt down parent comments before, here:
When I click on your comment from my feed, I only see your comment, not it's parent.
Now, here's where it gets really fucky. He unbanned btbw, admitting his mistake...then immediately bans him again for...no reason.
You know what, fair enough. I'll restore the comment...approved a comment by btbw...unbanned btbw...banned btbw - 128 days with reason: Previous ban rescinded. Ban reduced to 128 days.
Excuse me, but what the fuck? He was previously not banned, obviously, since he could comment. His only offending comment was found to not be rule-breaking. His ban was rescinded. Then he was banned again (also with no direct communication), with the reason apparently being that he was unbanned? What's this "ban reduced" nonsense?
This is like being arrested for resisting arrest.
Fuckeries #4-8:
Dom claims to always leave comments when he removes comments, with why it broke the rules. He removed the following four comments with no explanation:
https://unscored.arete.network/c/KotakuInAction2/p/199hNv1Ent/x/c/4ZGS2oYQNoe/
https://unscored.arete.network/c/KotakuInAction2/p/199OdDkqgy/x/c/4ZFCcbXztx3/
https://unscored.arete.network/c/KotakuInAction2/p/199Ohxq6ar/x/c/4ZGRjlEQg2S/
https://unscored.arete.network/c/KotakuInAction2/p/199OdKaan6/x/c/4ZGRjpqZAQy/
I don't even think any of that is explicitly rule-breaking, and it was removed without comment. Looks like Dom got up on the wrong side of the bed again.
What was the reasoning behind removing HirudineaFC's comment.
Hes a regular over on freecanada, the forums that just got shut down by the canadian government (is my guess).
One of the more respectful ones and his comments are pretty innocent. He doesnt like indians either but at least he wasnt actively ripping the native members of the board.
Still scratching my head on this, and if anyone has info on why freecanada got shut down, please post in the old thread, or make a new one. There has to be some "official" explanation.
The telegram account is flooded with diagolon nonsense and a picture that says its over lmao.
Its only over if the members give up.
He had no history in this forum and there's a auto-filter that auto-removes comments from new users.
My concern was that he was some troll coming over from one forum to another to start shit. But if he's okay, I'll approve his comments.
The number of pedo handshake accounts we see on a weekly basis suggests otherwise. That or the filter is poorly implemented.
How many times does this need repeated, a handshake do not automatically equal new account. In the case of that spammer it's been brought up by multiple users that the actual accounts are often over a year old. That's not a new account, it's just one that hasn't been on this particular board before, THAT'S what a handshake means. And to put the obvious two and two together that keeps getting missed or simply ignored, yes a freshly created "new" account on the entire site will have a handshake, but not because it's freshly created!
Apparently a few more because this is the first I've ever heard of that. Then again I only frequent this board so I have no reason to have encountered that knowledge.
They're not typically handshakes as he has about a bajillion accounts, though some of them are which is insanely confusing.