Originally Posted by rickair7777

OOff is full of it, mainly because we don't always ban-hammer those who don't agree with her rather fringe views.

The Mods are pilots, who do this pro bono so we have no financial stake in moderation one way or another. IB doesn't really get into the moderation at all, we are free to infract and ban as needed and are not shy about that.

But we don't "patrol" every thread (again, unpaid volunteers) so we do rely on users to report inappropriate posts, which flags it to our attention. Especially this plague of covid-induced partisan politics.

It's a lot easier to press the "Report Post" button, than to start threads complaining about lack of moderation.