COVID Forum Moderation is biased/poor

I don't, no more than any of the non-mod posters on this thread, yet they seem to think they know better than the moderators why other posters were banned. Yet you don't challenge their input.

Which speaks to the bias I mentioned.

I explained why posters may have a misleading impression of why some posters were banned - uncivil, trolling, offensive posts are removed. Someone reading the thread after the fact sees the 'ok' posts and the mod message that the person was threadbanned, and may get the impression they were banned for those posts.

It's not a statement without foundation. People are not banned merely for posting differing opinions. The threads are flooded with differing opinions, within the bounds I listed. So it is a demonstrably false statement.

I know that people are not getting banned merely for having different opinions - because the thread is full of different opinions.

So I stand over my comment: Nobody is banned merely for posting differing opinions unless they are blatant conspiracy theory nonsense or anti vax disinformation. 

I see long standing names who have NOT disappeared, who have different opinions to what you perceive is that of the moderators.

I see names disappearing after posting anti vax disinformation and conspiracy theories. I see names disappearing for trolling posts. I see names disappearing after posting uncivil \ attacking the poster posts, from both sides of the debate.

When was your first post in the masks thread where you posted a view against masks? But you're only being banned now for such things? It doesn't stand up to a moment's scrutiny.

I don't know why you were banned specifically, but given you have for a longstanding duration being posting views against masks, and have only been banned now - logically that is strong evidence you were not banned merely for posting views against masks.

Your post history is proof of that your claim that "you will be thread banned quickly" for such views is false.

Except you are making forum wide claims, not querying one specific thread ban.

I am challenging the forum wide claims you are making.

Your long post history on the masks thread is proof of that your claim that "you will be thread banned quickly" for such views is false.

Except nowhere did I actually say that. Where did I actually say what you claim I say?

So before you go down this road, go back and read the thread.

What I said was:

People are not banned merely for posting differing opinions. The threads are flooded with differing opinions, within the bounds I listed. So it is a demonstrably false statement.

I challenged the forum wide claim you made:

Your long post history on the masks thread is proof of that your claim that "you will be thread banned quickly" for such views is false.

Now you seem to have changed course and stopped defending your original claim (because in my view you know you are unable to), but now are commenting on the fact that I am commenting on the thread...

I know that from reading the covid threads which are full of differing opinions.

To look just at the masks thread - which you referenced in the OP - you claimed people would be banned quickly for having views against masks. And presumably I am the poster you are referring to when you mention disagreeing with a certain poster. And yet the masks thread for a considerable length of time features posts where you disagree with me about masks and post views against masks. Therefore your claim is demonstrably false with reference to your own posting history.

I am not going to comment on specific users thread bans as I am unclear on whether that is permitted, even in feedback. Which is why I have focused on the forum wide comments that have been made.

But from what I have seen on the covid forum, I have not seen any moderator actions which were not explicable for the following reasons:

* Conspiracy theories

* Anti vaccines misinformation

* Not posting constructively \ debating in good faith \ Misrepresentation of information

* Trolling \ uncivil \ attacking the poster \ being a dick type behaviour

* Breaches of boards standards

In my experience on the forum, and observing what moderator actions occur, a common scenario is that posters misrepresent the content of some news article or study. In some cases they haven't read it or understood it, and are relying on a misleading headline or summary of article on twitter etc. When challenged on the thread, they are unable to defend their claim in good faith debate \ constructive posts and engage in deflection \ goalpost shifting \ disingenuous replies ... which may culminate in uncivil behaviour \ being a dick. If warnings and thread bans follow... I strongly suspect the poster will think they were banned for 'no reason' as they genuinely think their behaviour is ok. That does not make it so.

If anything I think some of the posters that were banned warranted thread bans, or even forum bans, earlier than they got.

If the forum moderation is 'biased' because it strictly moderates conspiracy theories and anti-vax misinformation, well that is a legitimate and valid position for Boards to take. I have seen no evidence on the threads of bias above and beyond that, and that is my input to this feedback thread as a frequent poster on the forum in question.