[hexa-]

Hi, I'm hexa (from the mentioned page), and this so-called context is irrelevant in this matter. This is also hosted on an unofficial community wiki, if anyone wonders.

Instead, the moderation team is complaining about undue interference in their work by the elected governance body of the NixOS community.

[philodeon]

And a member of the steering committee explained in the discussion thread that “undue interference” really means that the Moderation Team is completely autonomous and unaccountable, and not moderating the community according to the official Code of Conduct but rather their own political whims.

[zahlman]

> I'm hexa (from the mentioned page)

That,

> and this so-called context is irrelevant in this matter.

is exactly why you are not in a position to tell us this (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conflict_of_interest). Notwithstanding srid's point about sourcing, of course. Which is to say:

> Instead, the moderation team is complaining about undue interference

The entire point is that you (the NixOS moderators collectively — past and present, given your selection process) do not get to decide unilaterally for everyone else what interference is due. We can all judge for ourselves whether the Steering Committee had good reason to intervene on the basis of political bias, by looking at the apparent politics behind your actions.

[srid]

Hi Hexa,

You were also the moderator at the time I was banned <https://srid.ca/nixos-mod> for political reasons. While you are here, would you care to be transparent[^1] as to why you got me and https://nixos.asia banned from Lobste.rs?

https://x.com/sridca/status/1751586241110519837

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[^1]: As Robert, a SC member from OP, notes:

> The SC has tried to work with the moderation team to understand moderation decisions and steer towards more objective moderation behavior, with the goal of making moderation fair and respectable, which feeds back into making moderation work easier. Nonetheless, we have continued to observe moderation not based on the Code of Conduct, but opinions and interpersonal tradeoffs (to put it nicely).

https://discourse.nixos.org/t/a-statement-from-members-of-th...

[nis0s]

Oh okay, it’s the first thing that popped up when I searched based on the blog post.

[jonringer117]

Hi Hexa,

Since you were a moderator at the time of my ban, would care to expand as to why I was banned, and what you meant by "purge the Nazis?"

[seivan]

What is “their work” exactly?