The stated reason is:
repeatedly derailing sensitive discussions and willfully furthering the division in the community
That doesnt sound like transparancy to me, with this justification most things could be blocked, banned, muted etc. and users still wouldnt know why.
I think the old “with great power comes great responsabilities” applies to moderation as well.
To be meaningful and transparent, we should get:
- Moderator responsible for the ban
- Message that triggered the ban
- Clear pointing to the rule that was broken
If you can ban people, you should be able to stand by that with your account, no hiding behind shared , generel purpose Mod accounts. I get that there comes heat in the direction of the Mod/s, but this comes with the title. If youre not willing to stand by your actions publicly, you shouldnt perform those actions. This also lowers the chances of rogue actors, because the community can identify them and hold them accountable.
If the users dont have the Message and the clear pointing to the rule that was violated, they might not understand the ban and might have problems following the rules, if the rules and the applications arent clear.
Adding to that, why do people get banned from github instead from discourse? It seem like this ban has nothing to do with commits/ actions or in-actions on the code base . So why block this person from performing tasks that are needed and add to the project and the community? Give a temp ban here on Discourse, it seems like that the violation happend here anyway.
As a new user im already scared of the moderation and voicing my opinion.