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Most of that is understandable, and I thank you for the feedback, though my past observances of moderation on this site don't always inspire much faith.
I really do try to be objective when making reports. I believe that constructive debate is good, and that differing opinions make for dynamic conversation, so I don't just report people because I don't like them and/or their opinions. I also recognize that this isn't some stuffy forum, and that people are free to be goofy and ridiculous. So with all these things in mind, I really do try to limit the posts I report to those which contribute nothing of any value to the site, and in truth, that amounts to a rather small number of posts. Which makes it all the more disheartening that unless those posts are breaking some larger, black-and-white rule, they most often go undeleted. But that's only a part of it.
I would think that a post which was completely unintelligible, amidst an otherwise serious discussion, would at least warrant deletion, and that when the poster who made it proved to consistently post with a similar lack of quality, that they might be banned. Instead their posts are cleared as not needing deletion, and they're apparently in no wrong.
I would think that an individual who derails an otherwise good thread by shouting as loud as they can would simply have their posts deleted, possibly be banned, and the thread allowed to heal and continue. Instead no definitive action against the offending poster is taken, and the thread is simply locked, which resolves nothing.
I would think that if a thread contained a number of posts which were inadvertently off-topic, or even against the rules, that the offending posts would simply be deleted, or moved to an appropriate thread if applicable. Instead a mod nukes the entire thread, regardless of what content might be lost, apparently just because it's the easy thing to do.
These are all things I've seen occur on this site, across all boards.
I understand that being
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