[matt_st3 (Strongrule)]

As a previous admin, it was obvious that we could only act on what we were given. Keeping this in mind, several members/staff received punishments “late” because evidence only came to light all at once. However, many times this evidence did not immediately pull the trigger because we are responsible in part to resolve the situation before banning, where appropriate because some need immediate bans. Resolving usually meant trying to warn/tell the person to stop, and when they didn’t then well bye.
Some members had been warned, some not. Much of what was presented is old issues, I saw some of it happen back when I was an admin. Why not warn some of these members? Warning them provides a layer of evidence that you can show in these bans if they continue.
Others had been warned yes. Then continued. Why were steps not followed as the admins (TTT) has agreed on? A nice little guide was written and would have resulted in several demotions well before now. Or other punishments would have kicked in.
Most of the banned people have barely any actual connection with PH, so how PH admins had to get involved confuses me. We don’t usually involve other admins when one community is low so that’s unlikely.
So I’m going to try and pin down why exactly I’m so taken aback.
I’m not sure how much I trust evidence that can’t be shown, so I have to go by word. Dink I imagine mostly gave a seal of approval and didn’t heavily debate the details so that’s fine either way. I trust Gabe. I trust Nuru and I rarely interact with fish but you strike me as honest.
So what I have to conclude is that something happened 1) suddenly that 2) is so sensitive showing the community would actually make things worse with 3) all of the above people affecting 4) both PH and TTT players. If not, then why did dated evidence, a lot from another large and somewhat public discord, result in 7 synchronized *community* bans, now?
Granted I haven’t seen all but I am privy to quite a bit else that went on with some individuals. I still can’t make sense of the community bans for them. Demotion, temp bans, bans on certain platforms sure. I’m missing what’s special about this group.