I just spent my lunch break searching through the mod log after I saw that your post had been removed. It’s super irritating that, even though I’d commented in the original post, all I could see was it’s title and that it had been deleted. I couldn’t see how to see the username, or to sort the mod log by community, instead of by user or mod action.
Anyway, I’m pissed on your behalf. Sure, the tone could have been more conciliatory, but you were posting about something that was irritating, but fundemtnally not a big deal. So, more on topic than the politics posts. And I don’t think listing the mods and their activity is harressment, you weren’t saying much except you didn’t think the mod team was very active and had the receipts to prove it.
I see there’s another post today naming and shaming a user who posted in a women’s only community, “quoting” a female coworker. I agree the poster is mildlyinfuriating, but I still think we’d be better blurring out individual user names, otherwise you’re inviting harassment. (just like the thorn guy, who does irritate me, but is perfectly entitled to carry on doing so without people abusing him).
As I understand the proposal, it’s currently voluntary and comes with some sort of pay, so it could be worse. But I am fully skeptical that this is the intended end result. Once you’ve got the infrastructure in place and it’s ‘normalised’ it’s a much smaller step to move from voluntary to mandatory.
Similarly, paying 18 years old 900€ a month for “volunteering” isn’t necessarily bad, but it’s obviously going to be a much bigger incentive to teens from poorer families. And I can very much foresee the stripping of unemployment benefits from young adults, arguing that if they aren’t in education and can’t find a job then they should sign up for the military.