I just wanted to say something.
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There is currently a general swing in internet culture where moderation is becoming increasingly reclusive. Users are expected to just know what moderators want, moderation is becoming increasingly metagamed by users competing for attention while taking the excuse that they draw in more traffic so they should be prioritized, and website marketing is becoming increasingly provocative where boards are generally advertised yet specifically focused. This is they advertise themselves as pertaining towards general topics, but then those general topics are expected to be discussed in specific ways.
There has also been a general swing in internet culture of moderators engaging in power politics where there is a general refusal to explicitly analyze justifications for bannings or even lower level discipline. Instead, moderators simply dictate their opinions, use words out of context to appear professional, and call disciplined users unreasonable.
In a nutshell, the moderation of internet culture itself has become infected by trolls, and non-trolls are being labeled as trolls since trolls don't like them.
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There is currently a general swing in internet culture where moderation is becoming increasingly reclusive. Users are expected to just know what moderators want, moderation is becoming increasingly metagamed by users competing for attention while taking the excuse that they draw in more traffic so they should be prioritized, and website marketing is becoming increasingly provocative where boards are generally advertised yet specifically focused. This is they advertise themselves as pertaining towards general topics, but then those general topics are expected to be discussed in specific ways.
There has also been a general swing in internet culture of moderators engaging in power politics where there is a general refusal to explicitly analyze justifications for bannings or even lower level discipline. Instead, moderators simply dictate their opinions, use words out of context to appear professional, and call disciplined users unreasonable.
In a nutshell, the moderation of internet culture itself has become infected by trolls, and non-trolls are being labeled as trolls since trolls don't like them.
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