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comment by halfgiraffe
halfgiraffe  ·  4384 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Are there any mods on this site?

I like the idea of that system, but I wonder of it would keep moderators in line. Sure, accountability would be refreshing and maybe deter some mods from waving around their power, but what's stopping them from lying about the reason? If the answer is the community, then who would monitor the banning list for innocent users? Don't get me wrong, I would love mods to be accountable for all the actions they take, and this system would be more attractive to helpful mods. But corrupt mods could bypass this system by lying, turning a simple disagreement into a ban because of "scamming". This would be a good step towards having better control over mods, but it by no means erases all the negatives.