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That's quite an overreaction. There are ways to cope with inappropriate posts short of shutting down general discussions of moderation procedures and actions.
General discussion isn't shut down. You posted a concern.
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The ingenious post-and-reply mechanism at EvC allows any two people to conduct a conversation regardless of the texts around their exchanges. How can complaints be trampled by other agendas?
When an issue snowball's out of control, new concerns are lost in the fray because most new concerns are general posts and not a reply to anything.
When those who are not a part of the issue or original action jump in and inflame the situation, the resolution process gets trampled.
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Moderators have the power to suspend posters, to limit their access to threads, and to close threads.
Why is that better than giving warning ahead of time? Some have expressed that they prefer warnings. I prefer to prevent forest fires instead of fighting them. If I have to fight a forest fire, I'd prefer someone not throw gas on it.
Since you can read the post, it isn't censored. Suspensions, limiting access to threads, and closing threads also serve to silence.
I can change the wording to where it is specific to the complaint.
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I request that discussion concerning this complaint be restricted to the original complainant(s) and moderator(s). This thread is not for discussing member behavior, but to discuss moderator procedures. Anyone disrupting this process will lose access to this forum until the situation is resolved.
Posts not addressing moderation procedures will be rendered invisible.