You seem to think mods actually do stuff. All mod actions are harmful. If the community is not flagging stuff in the first place, taking acts is a shit mod every time. The job is to be a janitor. There are no people doing any of these things you are talking about at the level of mods. Admin, yes, mods, no. It is this type of misrepresentation of the task that is a primary problem that is addressed here. Anyone that believes themselves important or micromanaging is missing the point of social media. Such adversarial stupidity is what drives away real people. One demented self obsessed fuckwit in one obscure community is more than enough to drive most people away from an entire platform. When they make any genuine post or comments that result in abusive mod actions. Those drive people away. Every comment and post made in good faith is valid. I reject all authoritarianism. A citizen has a right to all information, a right to skepticism, a right to error, and a right to protest in all nonviolent forms aka the right to offend. They have no right to infringe upon the rights of others.

For instance, I do not like how you respond. Itemized attack is not being a good neighbor. If you were a neighbor IRL I would probably avoid you. As a mod, I will not address it, but that very well may be the difference of interaction that pushes someone away from participation, and if removing your comment produced another genuinely kind neighbor that is pleasant and positive, fuck yeah I am all for them doing so. Purge every interaction that leaves one feeling negative afterwards. That is a fundamental human right, just as much as it is to live with the consequences.

In game theory and the prisoner's dilemma, every negative action makes everyone worse off. I do not go looking to fight or take action. I will respond adequately when required, but every action taken brings everyone down because negative feedback cannot produce positive outcomes. It is always attenuation.

Often the best communities are the ones with inactive mods.