There are at least 3-4 moderators now, in this case we all discussed and agreed that the post was a clear attempt at trolling, so please give us the benefit of the doubt that it was the correct decision unless you have any factual information to the contrary.
The usual provisos and common-sense safety rules apply about contacting anyone online of course, and especially if arranging to meet if they are anonymous, as here. Always ensure that the first times you meet in a public place, and a trusted third party always knows where you are and is kept in the loop.
There is no preference accorded to usernames but the comments not published in this thread were all trollish or personal attacks. Please express yourself more diplomatically and more on points of facts.
Whatever is going wrong, is definitely not the moderator's fault and more likely a tech or other issue... Generally comments shouldn't be disappearing though - very occasionally we will delete comments in case of duplicate comments, or spam, or completely irrelevant stuff (rather than unpublishing / unmoderating them), but generally they should be visible as unmoderated.
1. It's sometimes not possible to tell in advance which direction a thread will take, and we try to react quickly and fairly when we receive reports of threads. After a while, we had locked that specific thread, since it became a little over the top in its trolling. The post has now been republished, though obviously (as usual) trollish comments (from both sides of the spectrum), have not been published.
2. In respect of what we would do with insider info: what would / could we do with insider info? In part, we might 'use' insider info in order to inform future moderation decisions and to assess the plausibility of other posts, whether there is a concerted trolling campaign going on right now on a subject, or whether there is something real going on.
But if you are implying something more nefarious that we could use with insider trollish comments, do let us know, it might give us ideas :)
Hello, seniority runs the profession, don't you know :) The seniority wall is nothing nefarious but is intended for internal discussion amongst moderators about moderation decisions, etc. If those posts were public, it would prevent open discussion about moderation decisions and would act to effectively boost trollish posts.
1. It's sometimes not possible to tell in advance which direction a thread will take, and we try to react quickly and fairly when we receive reports of threads. After a while, we had locked that specific thread, since it became a little over the top in its trolling. The post has now been republished, though obviously (as usual) trollish comments (from both sides of the spectrum), have not been published.
2. In respect of what we would do with insider info: what would / could we do with insider info? In part, we might 'use' insider info in order to inform future moderation decisions and to assess the plausibility of other posts, whether there is a concerted trolling campaign going on right now on a subject, or whether there is something real going on.
But if you are implying something more nefarious that we could use with insider trollish comments, do let us know, it might give us ideas :)
Hope that explains it and is acceptable :)