The question has already been addressed by Smeags and Ka-Pi, actually. 

The original thread had its purpose once upon a time. But as the years passed, the thread evolved to be something it really wasn't supposed to be. We decided to start fresh and make an OP that could best address today's VGC community and the relationship between the mod team and the community.

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So moderation complaints are only allowed in PMs now? Is this because you guys don't want mod issues to blow up publicly anymore?

Since no one is ever going to compliment us, I guess I should.

Carl, your ban notes send chills down my spine. Your presence gets me all hot and bothered. Your avatar makes my heart flutter.

Reread rules 3 and 4.

And then reread rule 2.

Well it was techniclly never allowed before. It just got out of hand, and thus it was decided quite a while ago that when we announced Smeags and Kantor's promotion, a new thread would follow shortly afterwards. 

This is just to re-enforce what was there before, but with more clarity. The rules are nice and clear on this in the OP; nothing has changed. If you have legitimate reasoning for posting a complaint here then do so. But if you actually want a reply in detail then a PM, and fast, to the relevant mod would be the best bet.

One suggestion would be for mods to use context instead of reported snippets. I know they can't read a whole conversation or even thread. But a lot of jokes get people banned when they meant no harm. Sometimes I wonder if there even was a report or if it was just an oversensitive mod fearing it could upset someone and removed it before it could do any "harm".

Then again, the offensive posts never get removed so I'm wondering what the moderation was for. Certainly not to shield other users from the offense.

Thanks for actually typing out a response. 

And that's fine. 

Yeah. You can see that as I wrote my comment, new ones got posted. So go back a little, and re-read my post.

No poll. This thread is not as good as the last one.