He is also a lot less strict with rule 16 minus a few bouts of frenzied activity when he bans a bunch of people.

Noted, thank you for the clarification.

The impression I had from these threads was little-to-no-improvement over the past few months.

Granted, I don't follow this aspect as closely, nor do I watch the mod-log.

Dom has disengaged a lot because he is losing the ideological battle here as more users demand less censorship. This in turn discourages him from being here and modding us so hard. We are sort of in scenario "a".

Could be.

Giving it a bit more thought, there are two sub-outcomes of "a".

-One is Dom gets tired and leaves,

-The second is Dom becomes a mostly inactive mod but is still the only mod and with the overarching issue(s) unresolved

A related side note, as a mod I know there are times I've become less engaged, though not as a result of the community members semi-frequently criticizing me (or my fellow mods).

Rather, as a result of either being busier with other aspects of life and/or being tired of politics for a while.

We have to address this issue because we are slowly losing users the more he censors. The issue is we are losing active engaged users because there is no point in staying here if you can only talk like you're on reddit.

I think we're more in agreement here than you may have originally interpreted.

Yes, the issue has to be addressed rather than ignored.

Which is what the threads attempt to accomplish.

The problem becomes if the threads don't lead to a resolution for an extended period of time, people will leave during that time.

The manner in which the threads accelerate this (at least until a resolution is reached), is that by highlighting the issues without having them fixed, then people check out more quickly.

Hence why I suggested one possible alternative strategy.

There are probably other approaches that can be taken as well.

He is also a lot less strict with rule 16 minus a few bouts of frenzied activity when he bans a bunch of people.

Noted, thank you for the clarification.

The impression I had from these threads was little-to-no-improvement over the past few months.

Granted, I don't follow this aspect as closely, nor do I watch the mod-log.

Dom has disengaged a lot because he is losing the ideological battle here as more users demand less censorship. This in turn discourages him from being here and modding us so hard. We are sort of in scenario "a".

Could be.

Giving it a bit more thought, there are two sub-outcomes of "a".

-One is Dom gets tired and leaves, -The second is Dom becomes a mostly inactive mod but is still the only mod and with the overarching issue(s) unresolved

A related side note, as a mod I know there are times I've become less engaged, though not as a result of the community members semi-frequently criticizing me (or my fellow mods).

Rather, as a result of either being busier with other aspects of life and/or being tired of politics for a while.

We have to address this issue because we are slowly losing users the more he censors. The issue is we are losing active engaged users because there is no point in staying here if you can only talk like you're on reddit.

I think we're more in agreement here than you may have originally interpreted.

Yes, the issue has to be addressed rather than ignored.

Which is what the threads attempt to accomplish.

The problem becomes if the threads don't lead to a resolution for an extended period of time, people will leave during that time.

The manner in which the threads accelerate this (at least until a resolution is reached), is that by highlighting the issues without having them fixed, then people check out more quickly.

Hence why I suggested one possible alternative strategy.

There are probably other approaches that can be taken as well.

He is also a lot less strict with rule 16 minus a few bouts of frenzied activity when he bans a bunch of people.

Noted, thank you for the clarification.

The impression I had from these threads was little-to-no-improvement over the past few months.

Granted, I don't follow this aspect as closely, nor do I watch the mod-log.

Dom has disengaged a lot because he is losing the ideological battle here as more users demand less censorship. This in turn discourages him from being here and modding us so hard. We are sort of in scenario "a".

Could be.

Giving it a bit more thought, there are two sub-outcomes of "a".

One is as you say (and closer to 'a' above), the other is a mostly inactive mod but without resolution to the overarching issue.

A related side note, as a mod I know there are times I've become less engaged, though not as a result of the community members semi-frequently criticizing me (or my fellow mods).

Rather, as a result of either being busier with other aspects of life and/or being tired of politics for a while.

We have to address this issue because we are slowly losing users the more he censors. The issue is we are losing active engaged users because there is no point in staying here if you can only talk like you're on reddit.

I think we're more in agreement here than you may have originally interpreted.

Yes, the issue has to be addressed rather than ignored.

Which is what the threads attempt to accomplish.

The problem becomes if the threads don't lead to a resolution for an extended period of time, people will leave during that time.

The manner in which the threads accelerate this (at least until a resolution is reached), is that by highlighting the issues without having them fixed, then people check out more quickly.

Hence why I suggested one possible alternative strategy.

There are probably other approaches that can be taken as well.

He is also a lot less strict with rule 16 minus a few bouts of frenzied activity when he bans a bunch of people.

Noted, thank you for the clarification.

The impression I had from these threads was little-to-no-improvement over the past few months.

Granted, I don't follow this aspect as closely, nor do I watch the mod-log.

Dom has disengaged a lot because he is losing the ideological battle here as more users demand less censorship. This in turn discourages him from being here and modding us so hard. We are sort of in scenario "a".

Could be.

Giving it a bit more thought, there are two sub-outcomes of "a".

One is as you say (and closer to 'a' above), the other is a mostly inactive mod but without resolution to the overarching issue.

A related side note, as a mod I know there are times I've become less engaged, though not as a result of the community members semi-frequently criticizing me (or my fellow mods).

Rather, as a result of either being busier with other aspects of life and/or being tired of politics for a while.

We have to address this issue because we are slowly losing users the more he censors. The issue is we are losing active engaged users because there is no point in staying here if you can only talk like you're on reddit.

I think we're more in agreement here than you may have originally interpreted.

Agreed that you have to address the issue.

The problem becomes if the threads don't lead to a resolution for an extended period of time, people will leave during that time.

The manner in which the threads accelerate this (at least until a resolution is reached), is that by highlighting the issues without having them fixed, then people check out more quickly.

Hence why I suggested one possible alternative strategy.

There are probably other approaches that can be taken as well.