# Should moderator actions be in public or in private?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-moderator-actions-be-in-public-or-in-private/945286>\
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**Created:** [June 30, 2021, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-moderator-actions-be-in-public-or-in-private/945286 "2021-06-30T00:43:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![Martin\_Hyde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/47e85d/32.png) [@Martin\_Hyde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martin_Hyde)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2021, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-moderator-actions-be-in-public-or-in-private/945286/95 "2021-07-11T16:40:17Z")

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There is literally no recourse to bad or biased moderation (check out Miller’s modding of the pit, where he basically will never step in when a conservative poster is being attacked but will issue warnings against them for defending themselves from attacks), so there is no reason for it to be public.

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