Let's get one thing out of the way - not allowing to discuss moderation is dictatorship. Like China, Eritrea, etc.
Imagine if Xi said "you are not allowed to publicly say ANYTHING about me, instead send me an email".
That's ridiculous and that rule needs to go.
Anyway, to my point.
Mods need to do some actualy moderation for once.
Many of them (you know who you are) are spamposting in every forum instead of doing their job. It's fine to discuss, but do your job properly, mkay?
What happens is that a GOOD thread gets a ton of bad posts and gets closed by a mod leaving all the bad posts in it.
You're killing the forum. YOU. Not the posters. The mods are.
Leave the damn thread open and delete the posts that are offensive and issue infractions (but go easy on these as you're way too trigger happy atm).
And finally, stop taking sides and infracting people who disagree with your opinion and using trolling as an excuse. That shit is not cool. If I go to the Ukraine thread and say that it does needs to be denazified, that is not trolling and it's not a reason for infraction.