This is my concern here. What Exit was participating in the thread as a poster, and asked questions twice of Kearsen1. Then suddenly he puts the modhat on and insists that Kearsen1 answer the question.
I don’t think a mod should be doing both in the same thread. It makes it looks like if you’re engaging with a mod in a discussion, suddenly you face discipline if the mod doesn’t think you’re not replying to his questions as a poster. It’s bad to mix the two functions.
Here’s my extracts from that thread. What Exit made four posts, apparently as a poster:
Post 55:
Post 62:
Comment to Procrustus in post 70.
General comment at post 73.
And then the mod comment at post 83:
What Exit was clearly participating in the thread as a poster, expressing his opinions, but put the modhat on when Kearsen1 didn’t respond to his questions, demanding that Kearsen1 answer his questions.
Reading the thread, I had thought What Exit was posting as a thread participant. That was why it was so jarring when he insisted as a mod that Kearsen1 answer his question.
That’s not a power that any regular poster has.