unfortunately it’s still not finished, but we have an update here now: https://lemmy.world/post/36621226

i tend to be too optimistic on the timelines in which we get things done, especially when they are moderation related. we have just published an official update on the current situation: https://lemmy.world/post/36621226

should we just purge all mods of LW communities because someone says so? we don’t arbitrarily remove mods without a proper review. it’s not the action of removing someone that requires time but the review whether it should be done.

jordan has been removed from our community team several days ago and we’re still reviewing further stuff to determine additional actions to take.

there is no clear date to put on this other than my previous comment about it taking several days, as this is all shitty work that takes time and is not something that anyone is looking forward to do. it’s obviously our responsibility to review an act in situations like this, but there is only so much time available from volunteers. i’m hoping that we can finalize it this weekend, as weekends tend to be when people have more time available.

there have been multiple voices within our team, as well as from Ruud, to simply strip his moderator permissions from all communities, but this is not something aligning with our rules, especially as this specific part was established after the c/vegan drama some time ago. there are multiple reasons justifying removal of moderators from LW communities, but if we apply them we need to ensure that we have proper justification for that, for every affected community, which is the main thing that is currently still being worked on. i expect that we will find valid justifications for at least some communities, but we need to do this before the removal.

the actions taken so far were primarily relating to his behavior while being a member of our team, not due to his behavior as a community moderator or regular user, as we intend to hold our team to higher standards than regular users or moderators, making this a lot easier to justify.

the only reason comments would disappear without modlog entry would be a community or instance ban with the remove content checkbox selected. the only other option would be purging content, which is only available to people with the admin tag and we don’t use this anyway. it would also leave purge modlog entries. the lack of modlog entries not existing for community bans is a lemmy issue, not specific to LW.

you can find your community bans here: https://lemmy.world/modlog?page=1&actionType=ModBanFromCommunity&userId=239118

it’s not as much about the removal of those comments being the issue in and of itself for us currently, but that this is being done by a person in his position. we haven’t really been enforcing any special rules for moderator behavior on LW in the past (hence also currently considering a mod CoC), but having a member of our team incorrectly accusing people of lying and spreading misinformation on their own, even after seeing arguments for why he’s in the wrong is very much a step too far. i wasn’t directly involved in the discussion back then, so i don’t know the entire message history, but it was my understanding that he would at least stop with those claims, if he wasn’t able to apologize for it.

there were several recent reports, including private ones. also, just because you may not see something, it doesn’t mean that nothing is happening. we have already discussed topics like the Canadian politics one with him in the past, as we also don’t consider it acceptable what he did back then.

we have started looking into reports about jordan a few days ago, and we have already identified several occasions where he has been acting in ways that we don’t consider to be acceptable for a member of our community team. it may still take us a few more days to come to final conclusions for how we will proceed with this, as this is something that needs time for a proper review and discussions within the team. we all have lives outside of lemmy, where we need and want to spend our time, and something like this takes hours to properly review.

one of the things we have already discussed will be establishing an internal CoC for community team members and people higher up in the team, which includes ensuring that we keep a certain level of professionalism in our interactions, even if another party doesn’t. we’re obviously all humans, but that doesn’t mean we don’t have responsibility for our actions, especially if it’s not a one-off thing. we will also consider if this may be something to establish for community moderators in general, but for now our primary focus is on people in positions above a regular user or moderator.

the communities !rollerblading@lemmy.world and !monsterhunter@lemmy.world have both been deleted by their creators indeed.

here’s your rollerblading post:

Hello! I’m going to make a short review of the USD Aeon 80 Team inline skates, aimed at those who are considering buying them but are indecisive, like I was. To give some background, I’ve set foot in an inline skate one year ago, after last skating 15 year prior as a kid, when I only skated around the streets.

So last year I was searching for a skate which would allow me to cruise around the streets, use them for commuting, and occasionally learning some tricks at the skatepark. The skate that naturally presented itself was this skate, as it has large wheels (80 mm), and a soulplate and H-block for grinding. My biggest concern was about the unibody construction where the frame and the boot are one piece of plastic, i.e. no replaceable frame. Finally I decided to buy them, and here are my thoughts:

They are perfect! And I say that from a standpoint where I rarely go on the streets, but instead I go in the skatepark on average once a week throughout the year, and have been doing that for the last year (I very quickly switched the preferred way of usage). Anyway, for a level of skating where you don’t grind 24/7 on everything, the plastic will not wear down, so there is very little concern regarding the unreplaceable frame - it will not wear down as quickly as you may think. I’ve been practicing grinds in the park for the last year, and very little wear occurred. Granted, the grinds were on metal pipes and not on concrete, but still. If you’re not a hardcore grinder, the frame will not need replacement anytime soon

One other concern was if the grinds were even possible for a complete beginner like me, given the small H-block. Absolutely! I’ve learned the soul, acid, mizue and pornstar which require the H-block, and am in the process of learning the frontside (on which I’m not getting wheelbite in practice). The only problem I’ve encountered so far regarding grinds is the royale, but the reason for that is the height of the soulplate (and also the fact that I’m a beginner), which makes it hard to bend the foot so much to the required angle such that is touches the rail. Having said all that, for a beginner like me the “small” H-block did not present any issue.

Even though I now ride mostly in parks, I still commute with them and occasionally cruise around the city, and they are absolutely good for that too. No complaints here. You can normally do all the curves and power stops without touching the ground with the soulplate.

Now some additional comments. The main buckle… it is a good buckle which you need need to cut at the proper length so that it does not get in the way. However, when you skate with you legs too close together, one buckle can attach on the buckle of the other skate, and so one skate gets loose. Luckily, even though I experienced this multiple times during my sessions, I never fell because of that, the skates only get loose so you need to rebuckle. This is the only “complaint” I have for these skates.

The 45° buckle also needs to be shortened to the appropriate length to not get in the way (can also be seen from the above picture how long it is).

Lastly, regarding sizing. My feet are 266 and 268 mm long, and cca. 10 cm wide, and as per official recommendation I got the 41-42 and they fit PER-FECT-LY! Also, I recommend watching this video about new skates, includes fitting and other things.

To recap, the main concerns that I see people have about these skates are:

• non-replaceable frame
• small H-block

Both of these in my situation did not present any problems, even though I too had big concerns about them, but decided to just go for it, and now I’m happily writing this review.

Hope this helps someone clear their doubts and make their decision :)
For the last year I’ve been logging my sessions with all the tricks I’ve been learning, so I can share that too if you’re interested, and to further strengthen the argument that they are a perfectly good skate for the park!
All in all, I’ve been using them at least once a week throughout the last year, and these were all the observations I made.

P.S. I’ve been planning to post this on reddit, but given the circumstances I’m writing it here, in hopes to give a little boost to this community regarding content and visibility.

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