We the People *NEED* Forum Moderation

Hey, it was cold that day, and, well, Gregg wasn't there to do his job.

I think "the mods irritability" was much more an issue in the past than the present, and was based primarily on the number of complaints from various "motivated" individuals.  That's not to say that the mods were not given to overlook transgressions from one side, while focusing on the transgressions of another side -- the whole "evenhandedness" thing -- although even that, I feel, is a result of simple arithmetic.  That is, when a large group is constantly filing complaints against a smaller group, and the smaller group is not filing complaints, then rather than look into what is going on, just go by the numbers.

However, like I say, things are substantially better than they were, although, of course, things can be done for greater improvement.

In short, I don't think there is any nefarious agenda.  It's more like moderation is a burden.  Not dissimilar to how someone might see changing the engine oil regularly is too much of a burden only to find that the car breaks down more often resulting in a greater burden.