Here’s my take for what it’s worth:

Modlogs can be very useful to illustrating intent, track records, quality of character- or lack thereof, and context.

As a mod, I use them fairly frequently to determine what kind of person I’m dealing with before making a decision on content. Because oftentimes, things can be taken out of context. Modlogs can and have on occasion, saved an unnecessary removal of content.

As for people using them in debate/discussion, I’m also all for it. Provided that it remains within the theme of the discussion and is not used to derail the conversation, modlogs can be a helpful tool to keep people honest.

Lastly, there’s the idea (read: hope) that linking modlogs advertises to others who may not know- that their behavior is public access. Sometimes this is enough to help keep the peace and create respectful dialogue. The more people that are made aware of this, the better for lemmy overall.

I think it has merit. If someone is constantly being moderated, it points to a problem user. However just saying “heavy modlog” without looking at the context of those mod actions, can poison the well about people with radical opinions. Sometimes this is warranted, but sometimes not.I can tell you with certainty that if I was inclined to wade into l.w. political comms with my anarchist takes, I would be heavily moderated as well. Hell, even on our instance’s left memes comms ( [email protected] and [email protected] ) I get occasionally down-voted to the ground for riling up the libs.

I think it would make some sense to have a way to see how many different comms have banned that user, and how many different comms have removed their comments. That would give perhaps a better idea

I mean, there’s a reason I added a button for “View [User’s] Modlog History” to Tesseract long before any other UI even considered it. Take that as you will. Though I generally just use that as a gauge of whether it’s worth responding to someone than anything more active.

I don’t think it’s harassment, especially if they’re doing something like pretending to be on left while having a modlog full of bigotry

It’s definitely not harassment lol, calling out someone for acting in bad faith is the only way this comm will ever stay honest. Otherwise it’s just going to become a place for bad actors to whip up some easy bullshit

I think heavy modlog is lazy can be easily abused

But if you see specific pattern of behaviour, then there is specific mod action related to similar behaviour. I think it is fair to point out and let the readers decide.

People over use term harassment I don’t think I have seen harassment on fedi but if somebody got receipts, would be interested in checking out what people think it looks like.

Somebody giving you a Cheekey Rebuttal ain’t it, IMHO

I like it! You get to a situation like

don’t want to be treated like you abuse power? Don’t abuse power

Transparency is a good thing!

I think it can be helpful context, but it can also lead to tangential slap fights. I had someone in here digging through my modlog just because I told them they deserved their ban.

I think this is more likely to be used to harass people than to actually do anything useful. Modding is a shitshow on Lemmy as most of us have seen, so I don’t really think having mod actions listed against you is meaningful, especially if you’ve been an active user for a long time.

Not to mention the worst actors just rotate accounts anyway.

Wait modlog of how the use has been moderated or modlog of how the user has enacted moderation?

I though the mod who did the moderation was hidden?

Also modlog of how a user has been moderated could be biased against people who enjoy trolling tankies.