His ego and his moderation style ☕

I’m honestly just curious about the moderation over on the COVID subforum—it feels like people can basically do whatever they want there, from cherry-picking posts to twisting someone's words, not to mention the ad hominem attacks that somehow fly under the radar...

So, get this: I end up with two warnings from the moderator Ego for "insulting" others. The first one was because I called someone unrefined for spewing nonsense...

The second warning was also for "insults," issued yesterday.

And I’m especially interested in this last one—where exactly is the insult here? ☕

On the other hand, over here, it looks like absolutely nothing is happening—no insults, no trolling...

Take yesterday's trolling, for instance, where some user whom Ego clearly protects "knows" everything—he's even talking trash better than the original poster, and he doesn't get penalized once...

The OP here explains exactly what they meant, but the little woobie just won't back down.

We could start right there, or we could move on to how this same guy systematically edits other people's posts to change their entire meaning—again, totally unpunished—or how he constantly attacks his interlocutors...

I really want to know why my post from yesterday is considered a massive insult, yet when you call someone ridiculous, it’s fine...

Just to be clear—we're talking about a user who, without any penalty, dragged my family into the argument and made defamatory claims about domestic violence...

Even that didn't earn him a warning from Ego...

Now I’m just sitting here waiting for the usual head-in-the-sand routine, much like what happens over on Amtrak...

But burying the truth isn't going to make someone's incompetence or blatant bias in moderation disappear...

It’s pretty obvious—and honestly, you can see it from the old threads over on the Amtrak forums—that this moderator is dodging any real talk about his "rules." He won't touch them because if he did, he’d have to admit he’s just playing favorites and protecting his little circle of buddies...

Can someone out there explain the logic to me? How is it that making personal digs at someone's intelligence or calling people ridiculous goes totally unpunished, yet if you dare to point out how industrial and medical robotics are actually shifting the landscape by automating repetitive tasks and replacing low-wage roles, suddenly that "costs" you forty-five cents in fines?

What exactly is the point of this subforum?

Besides just burying our heads in the sand... :coffee:

Your first warning is completely justified—you simply can't throw around epithets like that toward other people.
As for the second point, it isn't an insult (I read "troll" rather than anything offensive), but it certainly warrants a 35-point deduction, so there isn't much of a distinction there.
The post where you were called ridiculous deserves a warning, and that matter is settled.