• EtherWhack@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    Bias.

    It is a news sub and there is no way with the reach of what she did/helped with wouldn’t be of some importance to a global audience if something develops.

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      4 days ago

      Explain how that works: anyone can post an article & moderators enforce rules. Wouldn’t moderation actions deviating from the rules be easy to draw attention to? Moreover, we don’t truly know online identities, and moderators could be anyone. This looks like an invalid argument based on identity rather than a valid one based on a demonstrated pattern of moderation conduct.

      The only bias I’m seeing here is speculative comments jumping to conclusions.

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        While them pearls won’t clutch themselves, is there any credible reason a convicted sex trafficker of minors can’t moderate a subreddit?

        This is the question I answered. There’s nothing about the identity of the account in its context.

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          And I pointed out the same risk of “bias”, which users could easily draw attention to, applies to any moderator. Moreover, you brought up their speculative identity

          the reach of what she did/helped with

          and no pattern of moderator abuses or “bias” had been observed from that user.

          A flimsy answer you can’t justify isn’t credible. Back to the quote

          is there any credible reason