I don’t feel particularly good that the various concerns about this mod decision were not, as far as I can tell, addressed by mods. I accept that this decision has support from some people, but a number of people have also expressed concern. My own concern got 69 upvotes and 24 agree votes. Nathan, Linch, and Sphor all raise concerns too. I think a high bar should be set for mod action against critiques of EA leaders, but I also think that mods would ideally be willing to engage in discussion about this sort of action (even if only to provide reassurance that they generally support appropriate critique but that they feel this instance wasn’t appropriate for X, Y and Z reasons).
ETA: Lizka has now written a thoughtful and reflective response here (and also explained why it took a while for any such response to be written).
I don’t feel particularly good that the various concerns about this mod decision were not, as far as I can tell, addressed by mods. I accept that this decision has support from some people, but a number of people have also expressed concern. My own concern got 69 upvotes and 24 agree votes. Nathan, Linch, and Sphor all raise concerns too. I think a high bar should be set for mod action against critiques of EA leaders, but I also think that mods would ideally be willing to engage in discussion about this sort of action (even if only to provide reassurance that they generally support appropriate critique but that they feel this instance wasn’t appropriate for X, Y and Z reasons).
ETA: Lizka has now written a thoughtful and reflective response here (and also explained why it took a while for any such response to be written).