• lmmarsano@lemmynsfw.com
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    5 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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      5 days ago

      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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        4 days ago

        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