> The reason will be that in my eyes, despite all the controversy, the majority of the threads here discusses important enough issues, both technical and social, that help people here to grow more knowledgable and assertive.
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>Rather than threat to stop the entire chatter section, the UT staff should propose more, mild, moderation. Also I think it's a good idea to give the starter of the thread the possibility - and responsibility - to be the initial moderator of that thread.

The initiator of a thread is not a good choice for a moderator, by very virtue of having a stake in the dispute.

I'm all for getting back to normal. If we generally agree there should be moderators, OK. Just saying that those directly involved aren't a smart choice. We need some neutrality. Of course, I'd love to have a moderator who can sleep all day because there's nothing to do :).