Agreed. I’ve seen many good communities destroyed by over-modeation. Usually it starts as a reaction to a troll invasion, but over time the definition of “troll” tends to expand to suit the mod’s mood. There was one (previously very reasonable) community I recently left after it got to the point where the mods banned a smart, long-time poster who occasionally talked about being a transexual, apparently concluding that she must be a troll for saying such things.
We all know how easy it is for many well-intentioned people to go from “I disagree with a lot of that person’s opinions” to “that person is an evil mutant” without even realizing what happened.
Agreed. I’ve seen many good communities destroyed by over-modeation. Usually it starts as a reaction to a troll invasion, but over time the definition of “troll” tends to expand to suit the mod’s mood. There was one (previously very reasonable) community I recently left after it got to the point where the mods banned a smart, long-time poster who occasionally talked about being a transexual, apparently concluding that she must be a troll for saying such things.
We all know how easy it is for many well-intentioned people to go from “I disagree with a lot of that person’s opinions” to “that person is an evil mutant” without even realizing what happened.