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restore the comment...approved a comment by btbw...unbanned btbw...banned btbw - 128 days with reason: Previous ban rescinded.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 His ban was rescinded.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.
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.