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restore the comment...approved a comment by btbw...unbanned btbw...banned btbw - 128 days with reason: Previous ban rescinded.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 His ban was rescinded.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.
Give me a wrong name, and then shit on me for using it. Nice.
Right, but the point is that u/Hellsbells00 (which I am typing from memory, mind you) is a forum regular who frequently argues, stridently, with u/CatoTheElder. It should be immensely obvious to anyone who browses the forum with any regularity exactly who is being talked about here, and yet you, despite being a mod, despite being particularly likely to intervene in exactly the topic these guys argue about, despite literally responding to a comment about him elsewhere in the thread defending your moderation decision in an argument between those two… can’t remember the name well enough to figure it out.
It’s like if I mentioned that “Tony” and “Imp” fight a lot and then you actually tagged u/ Tony and u/ Imp and went “I don’t think those are real people.” You only engage with this community by looking at your report feed, and when you do that, you don’t even read the context of what you’re removing. “Shit on me for using the wrong name”… yeah, because recognizing that that name was wrong and understanding what it should have been is bare-minimum level engagement in the community. Fuck off with your victim act.
It's taken me literal years to start remembering who that goon is, I really only started recognizing him after he sperged out defending "Patriot" Front. Dom is probably an oldfag that doesn't pay much attention to usernames. Given this is an offshoot from a chan movement, that shouldn't be all that surprising.
Hell I only even notice specific users regularly now because the board is so fucking dead, thanks to the conpro faggots drowning it in brain-dead fedposts.
I genuinely don't try to monitor local beefs between users until they make it my issue.
Maybe you should make a minimum effort to understand the people and groups you’re policing?
This reads as if you aren't actually a part of this community and therefor have no business overseeing it.
You're adults and you can handle yourselves on the internet, it shouldn't be something I should involve myself in.
He cries out in pain as he strikes you.
But it was the wrong name, it's still the wrong name in the parent comment of this chain!
That's not the correct person!
Congrats, you've gone full sperg and now instead of being the one who would type "Don't make me Defend Dom", others now have to because you're being hyperbolic and posting shit that's not only wrong but as per the other comment I made with made up context which again you used to call people out for!
I was criticizing Dom's bitchy tone, which is how he always acts when people call out his moderator decisions.
Again, I don't think I'm doing that and, even though my frustration with Dom has grown massively since he flipped out on me one too many times, and said all sorts of heinous shit about me, I'll still defend him when I think it's deserved. I think I even defended him somewhat recently still.
And again, I used the meme on purpose, to point out double standards. He was being a whiny victim while decreeing that people here couldn't talk to each other, and blaming them for it. I just find that moronic.
We're about free speech, and Dom keeps doing a bunch of shit that stifles that.
You're free to disagree, but I don't think I 'full sperged,' and I still stand by all my principles.
If there’s one cop in a small town, and you find out that the cop doesn’t know the names of any prominent community members—including one of the guys who frequently get into arguments that turn into public nuisance calls—and he never does patrols or even leaves the station except when he gets a call, but he does maintain a personal notebook with comments like “Joe is particularly annoying, punish more harshly for next infraction” and those are apparently the only people he recognizes… and then you look closely at his notebook and some of it is clear schizo shit like “Frank and Jim want to kill me and my family” or “is Old Man Jenkins actually a fake identity for Steve? Monitor this,” at what point do you wonder if the cop is fit for duty?
Also, to stop torturing my analogy for a bit, remember that one comment before the one you’re defending, Dom said:
So he’s saying “yeah, I know what you’re talking about, here’s why I did what I did.” But then his next comment is “actually, I have no clue who you’re talking about [and apparently I can’t piece it together either.]” So was he lying before? Is he lying now? Can he not follow conversations or context and he’s somehow lost the thread over the space of one comment? Is he just really stupid? I don’t think there’s an answer here that shows any quality I would want in the only person that has unilateral power to run a forum I participate in.
Not even a strike, not that it would matter.
No, I'm saying you're acting the victim because people are objecting to your nonsense, while you censor and make up rules and dictates to people here. You ban people you don't like, because you don't like them, so you imagine the worst possible motives for them.
Plus, I just wanted to meme a bit to show how inconsistent your enforcement is.