[quote=@TheTwistedOne]
I'd like to make a suggestion. Speaking as someone who has friends on both sides of this, so you know I'm unbiased. Let the community pick it's moderators. Let the community nominate and/or vote. It's fair, and I think it will at least help put an end to this escalated drama.
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Honestly, a lot of the issues are self-escalated. One cannot objectively say if entitlement, sensationalist emotions, or biased moderation actions are exclusively to blame but at this point the best thing is for the vocal minority to just stop. Taking my perspective (my emotions/knowledge of both sides of the fence) of the issue I would say the best course of action is to stop – outraged sentiment only escalates the situation further and is problematic to the site as a whole as it does more internal damage than anything productive. It always appears like the intent is to discredit and de-validate the staff and oft times Mahz himself; intent aside, that is an issue. If you want to be seen as less problematic, don’t make problems. Simple as that.

Just my two cents.