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by avinassh 1668 days ago
> But the mod team who resigned were precisely the ones behind moderating those Reddit/Discourse threads though.

I thought same as well, but seems reddit mods are different:

> Please note that the official Rust moderation team is not the same organization as the team that moderates the subreddit here on /r/rust. The subreddit is an unofficial space, and though it is frequented by many who are affiliated with the project, it remains independent from the Rust project. The /r/rust mod team is not resigning from moderating the subreddit.

> In the interest of disclosure, two of the moderators who are resigning from the official mod team are moderators here on this subreddit (matthieum and llogiq). They appear to have not resigned their position here, which I appreciate, since they're rather excellent moderators. However, in the interest of impartiality I am asking them to recuse themselves from taking moderator action in this thread (they may still comment as usual if they wish, of course).

https://old.reddit.com/r/rust/comments/qzme1z/moderation_tea...
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cyber_kinetist 1668 days ago
Yes, as you’ve said, some of the mods in the Mod team were also the subreddit mods, and they deleted the comments and locked the threads by their own volition (even without requirement from the Core team, so this reinforces my interpretation). It’s likely that the Mod team wasn’t adversarial with the Core team from the start, but tensions gradually grew as the drama surrounding the core team got unmanageable.
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CRConrad 1663 days ago
> Yes, as you’ve said, some of the mods in the Mod team were also the subreddit mods, and they deleted the comments and locked the threads by their own volition (even without requirement from the Core team, so this reinforces my interpretation)

But AFAICS the core team being involved in moderation activities has nothing to do with Reddit. That quote above on how the teams were supposed to cooperate was about moderation of the official Rust forums, wasn't it? Reddit isn't one of those.

So if you're seeing your interpretation confirmed, that's just... Wrong. It doesn't confirm anything of the kind.

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