OK to respond to this on a couple levels. The decision on whether or not to fine ER was a 3-2 decision. Two of us felt that a fine was necessary for consistency purposes, while the other 3 felt the decision to fine would take away from the more important decision, which was the removal of administrative power.
Now many people have brought up the example of Hendrix. I obviously disagreed with that punishment then as too harsh (I was in fact one of the two comments deleted). But there are two obvious distinctions between Hendrix case and the ER one.
First - Hendrix deleted a post, and ER deleted mod logs. Deleting moderation logs is something that has never been done, and was not explicitly against the rules.
Two - we can't actually prove ER deleted the original post in question. I know that through circumstantial evidence it seems obvious, but due to the deletion of the mod logs we can't prove it. ER has in fact thoroughly denied deleting the post.
Now as far as this post, it was obviously a publicity stunt to get our attention (it worked). I don't have a full cogent response beyond the distinctions I mentioned. 4/5 of the HO is American, so we can't really craft a real response from everyone. But overall please lets not do stuff like this in the future.
Now many people have brought up the example of Hendrix. I obviously disagreed with that punishment then as too harsh (I was in fact one of the two comments deleted). But there are two obvious distinctions between Hendrix case and the ER one.
First - Hendrix deleted a post, and ER deleted mod logs. Deleting moderation logs is something that has never been done, and was not explicitly against the rules.
Two - we can't actually prove ER deleted the original post in question. I know that through circumstantial evidence it seems obvious, but due to the deletion of the mod logs we can't prove it. ER has in fact thoroughly denied deleting the post.
Now as far as this post, it was obviously a publicity stunt to get our attention (it worked). I don't have a full cogent response beyond the distinctions I mentioned. 4/5 of the HO is American, so we can't really craft a real response from everyone. But overall please lets not do stuff like this in the future.
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