Eugen RochkoI'm not happy with how the Wil Wheaton situation was resolved. An admin was overwhelmed with frivolous reports about him and felt forced to exile him. I've said before that I think it sets a dangerous precedent on how a large group of people can mobilize to drive anyone off the fediverse. Mob rule is universally dangerous: Mods and admins must examine evidence and decide based on wrongdoing and danger, and not on how many times someone was reported.
⚗️⚗️⚗️ pnathan ⚗️⚗️⚗️@Gargron You need a public governance process with public recourse, not hordes of shadowy figures stabbing each other via the mod system. Mastodon.social needs not to be subject to a moderator's unilateral private decisions.
@pnathan This occurred on mastodon.cloud, not .social.
@Gargron Apologies; I frankly didn't follow that closely. I maintain my point, but I also say the same thing about any reasonably popular instance.
IMO public trials are public for a reason....
Ellie
Silence of the Dems 🐼@dennis_reichel @Gargron I do think it matters. An administrator should not be able to deliver unilateral negative effects without a juridical recourse agreed upon by the community. Even if it's something that needs immediate addressing, the accused needs to have recourse. Evidence needs to be held and presented if recourse is requested.
This is basic organization governance & management stuff here.