A statement from members of the moderation team

The SC has involved itself in matters of moderation since its inception, but has repeatedly failed to understand the issues in the community and the requirements of moderation.

I imagine it would be easier for the SC to understand your perspectives on moderation if you actually documented any part of your process.

This is the official NixOS moderation log: moderation/moderation-log.md at 940106d7d66f9ea34e1e37eed74d54459bffc865 · NixOS/moderation · GitHub

Observe all the things missing that would help the SC educate themselves about what it is that the moderation team does:

  • what the person said that led to the moderation action (i.e. a quotation)
  • who they said it to
  • where they said it (e.g. Matrix, discourse, GitHub)
  • when they said
  • which moderator made the ultimate call
  • how many moderators agree or disagree with the moderation decision
  • which section of the Code of Conduct was violated

Documenting these things would constitute something called “accountability”. But you dodge accountability at every opportunity. Why?

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