Could you say a little more about how you think the moderators can / should be improving epistemics in their official capacities, either in general or by trading off differently with making people feel welcome and safe? In particular, the mods’ hard powers—curating, deleting, banning, etc. -- are pretty blunt tools, and must be employed carefully to guard against the risk (or perception) of decisions being made too much on the moderators’ own viewpoints.
Personally, I would give more weight to epistemics over making people feel welcome and safe.
I don’t think they trade off much, at least in moderation decisions.
If there’s something you think moderators should be doing to promote epistemics, I’d be interested to hear.
Could you say a little more about how you think the moderators can / should be improving epistemics in their official capacities, either in general or by trading off differently with making people feel welcome and safe? In particular, the mods’ hard powers—curating, deleting, banning, etc. -- are pretty blunt tools, and must be employed carefully to guard against the risk (or perception) of decisions being made too much on the moderators’ own viewpoints.