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Originally Posted by Mat Sklansky
as far as the current moderation, right now, well named is 100 percent in charge. if mason takes an interest we'll go from there.
My current approach to moderating that forum is basically just my best (mostly ad hoc) attempt to balance a number of goals, some of which are in tension with each other some of the time, e.g. allowing ideological diversity without allowing too much noise from posters getting pissed off at each other, and within some reasonable boundaries of acceptable content.
All of the issues goofy has brought up involve a single thread, and there's no doubt that particular thread is the most problematic in the forum. I decided to to try to allow it, despite some pretty strong reservations, because it felt appropriate given the forum goals and because I didn't want to allow my personal biases to dictate the boundaries too strongly. I don't really have much interest in goofy's complaints about the forum (for a few reasons), but I definitely think the moderation decisions in relation to that thread are the most debatable in comparison to other threads in the forum.
The main reason I say the above is just to make clear that if, at any time, you or Mason see something and think "that conversation is not worth having at 2+2" then please tell me. I doubt we will always agree about all of my decisions. But hopefully most of the time it will be easy enough to address. In this case, if you or Mason were to read that thread and decide it wasn't worth having, it would be easy enough to close. I don't personally feel like it's necessary to close it right now, but I do think it's worth making clear that I would close it if you objected to it.