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restore the comment...approved a comment by btbw...unbanned btbw...banned btbw - 128 days with reason: Previous ban rescinded.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 His ban was rescinded.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.
Oh, I didn't know he removed that comment. All I was doing was quoting Gazerbeam (an actual honest-to-god fed) back to himself. Just shows how much of a double standard DoM has.
Especially since he has said:
Of course when Hellsdenizen00 does worse to me, posting his spergy libel on most of my comments, DoM says:
Something something double standards, something something standards at all. It's all so tiresome.
I removed you and Hell's comments in the hopes you would stop screeching at each other. But if you'd like, I can just have you both agree not to respond to each other.
I don't care which you choose, but you have to choose one. Either you ban HB00 from harassing me, or I continue posting Gazerbeam's archived retardation.
I will continue holding you to your standards, because every time you do an enforcement action, you turn everyone here a little more against everything you love. You make everyone a little more anti-semitic.
Yeah, yeah, "I hate you, kill yourself you fucking kike", got it. Anyways, the answer to my inquiry seems to be that you would like it if neither of you responded to each other.
/u/Hellsbells00 - Please do not reply to u/CatoTheElder 's posts or comments any further on this forum otherwise it will result in a removal or ban.
/u/CatoTheElder - Please do not reply to u/Hellsbells00 's posts or comments any further on this forum otherwise it will result in a removal or ban.
Hey you said it; don't ban yourself.