I Re—sign

[anon38180840]

@SensiblePerson

I have been on the edge of posting the often-requested (by Cuse) “poll on demodding Cuse” many times, but have held off. I felt that Cuse actually shouldn’t be a mod here but didn’t feel strongly enough about it to endure the pushback from posters here.

Why did I feel that way?

• Cuse claimed many times that he was selected by the community in a democratic process to enforce its norms, but that is not actually true. He became a mod here simply because he was the creator of the last site. The mod thread on the Discourse site basically consisted of a handful of posters participating in a conversation that went: “Who should be mods on this site?” “Um, the old mods?” “Okay, sounds great.”
• Cuse used his moderator powers in the NBZ case without a clear mandate from the community.
• Cuse has often failed to model good posting behavior, for example, repeatedly engaging nunnehi in pointless long pissing contests.
• Cuse has used implied threats of moderator action to dominate discussions.
• Cuse displays contempt for the community and posts like a big baby, saying things like

@anon38180840

So far 57% of respondents agree or strongly agree with allowing the molotov cocktail statement. I truly don’t know what’s wrong with some of you. Disgusting.

and

@anon38180840

The will of the community is pretty clear on the topic of posting anywhere near any line I could enforce in good conscience. I’m extremely disappointed by it, but I’ve obviously made my case and it has fallen on deaf ears.

In closing, I think that Cuse is good as a poster but not as a moderator, so his decision here is for the best.

So you waited for me to decide to resign rather than taking a moderation action that I felt did not have the support of the community on to then attack my record as a moderator when there was no longer any constructive reason to do so?

Cool.

And of all the BS things you accused me of I think using implied threats of action to dominate discussions is the most baseless and absurd.

Lastly if opposing calls for throwing molotov cocktails at cops or whatever that was about (I forget the exact hypothetical) makes me a big baby, then you definitely got me. Huge baby here.