I’m proud of this team, happy it exists, and I think it is doing a good job. The introduction of effective moderation always has detractors, which is fine and good. However, effective moderation is a necessary part of an effective community. I trust the moderation team to do a good job, and ultimately the NixOS Foundation to step in if it ultimately needs to, which I’m sure it won’t.
Overall, I’ve heard extremely positive feedback about the moderation team, and I can imagine folks who have skirted the edge on being a positive contributor to the ecosystem may feel threatened by it. That is normal, too. If parts of the community are unhappy with moderation or other processes / outcomes of the project, it is always possible to exercise the four freedoms of open source and create the project and community they want.