The Reddit Post posted:

Hi all, crash (wiki editor) here.
For those of you who don't know, this has been a tumultuous few days for our community. The aim of this thread is to inform everyone of what's been happening in our Discord server. Even if you think you already know the facts, please read this post.

Part 1 - In which the crisis began

Amboyscout, Nauthas, Cubity_first, and some other people were being extremely vocal about some problems they had with the moderators - in particular, with Benolot. One of these problems was the fact that the SUPERHOT and valve-vr channels were deleted with little warning. These people also claimed that the mods were being abusive and flamboyant with their powers, especially Benolot.
Amboyscout, Nauthas, Cubity_first, and co. were campaigning for greater mod transparency. Their campaign went on for quite some time, until Benolot "announced" Amboyscout's resignation. Benolot chose to do this by revealing a PM from Amboy that had been sent to every moderator but Benolot. In this PM, Amboy expressed his displeasure with Benolot's moderation, and stated that he would be resigning from the mod team soon as a result of Benolot's actions.
So, Amboy's PM was leaked to Benolot, and she subsequently posted it to announce Amboy's resignation. Amboy's mod privileges were revoked and he was booted from the mod team by Benolot. Amboy's demotion angered Cubity_first, who posted some extremely toxic, anti-trans messages designed to spite Benolot. Those messages don't need to be repeated here. In response to these insults, Benolot muted Cubity_first, causing further discontent among those that were already upset with the mod team.
During this time, Sexual_rhinocerous had also dealt with a great number of unfair accusations. He chose to resign as a moderator rather than deal with any more. Soon after, Benolot left the server for the night, as she too was exhausted from dealing with accusations. When Svardeskampe appeared in the aftermath of all of this, he appointed Dr. Dino and Sarcastic_Fantastic as mods to replace Amboyscout and Sexual_rhinocerous.

Part 2 - In which there were casualties

The next day, the arguments continued. Bysam, an ex-moderator, returned to the Discord to give his opinion. He called into question the validity of the "senior mod" ranking. Bysam claimed that, during his time as a moderator, the senior mods made all the decisions in their private chat channel while the non-senior mods had little/no say in decisions. Bysam described the senior mods as puppeteers, and the non-senior mods as puppets. In response, Svardeskampe and Picapi have insisted that few decisions were made in the senior-mod-only channel. In fact, the only significant decision that was made in that channel was the closing of the SUPERHOT and valve-vr channels, which Amboyscout originally took issue with.
Amboyscout, Nauthas, and Cubity_first continued to point out flaws in the moderation team, Benolot's moderation in particular. However, it was clear the discussion had long devolved into a massive shitshow. Everyone was being insulting and being insulted. People were discussing setting up entirely new discord servers, just to escape from the perceived tyranny of the moderators here. It was about this time that one of our most regular and well-known users, TheEvilSocks, announced that he no longer wanted anything to do with our community because of the way this crisis was being handled.
Soon after, Nauthas announced that he was leaving the server as well, albeit temporarily. Nauthas has publicly stated his end goal of being on the GameDetectives discord channel was to become a mod. He was disheartened that Svardeskampe chose Dr. Dino and Sarcastic_Fantasic as replacement moderators instead of himself. For the record, Nauthas was an immensely productive wiki editor, but he has since stated that it felt like too much work, and that he was only doing the work in the hopes of eventually becoming a moderator. So, with those hopes dashed, Nauthas decided to go on hiatus as wiki editor.
During this time, Benolot had revoked her own senior mod status in response to the continued accusations towards her. This left Dr. Dino, Sarcastic, Svarde, and Picapi as the only active mods. Benolot demanded an apology from cubity_first, who had made alienating and anti-trans comments towards her the previous day. Although cubity_first initially denied having made anti-trans remarks, eventually he publicly apologized to Benolot for his actions.

Part 3 - In which an understanding was reached

Benolot claimed that, the next day, she would return to the moderation team as head mod. This outraged the same group of people that advocated for her resignation in the first place. Nauthas, who was gone at the time, found out about this and actually returned to the server from his self-imposed hiatus. He threatened to permanently leave the server if Benolot returned as a moderator. Nauthas' message was deleted, but not before Amboyscout could echo Nauthas' sentiment.
It's at about this point that I stepped in and started to take an active role in these events, so, bias warning!!!
I got Amboyscout to send me the original PM where he poo poo-talked Benolot behind her back. I publicly asked him some questions about his motivations for sending the PM. At the beginning of Amboyscout's modding career, he accidentally edited the permissions for one of the Discord channels. According to Amboyscout, this incident was blown out of proportion by Benolot. Benolot's response to Amboy's gently caress-up was to create the senior mod ranking - so that moderators were no longer accidentally able to access those settings.
Although I asked Amboy other questions, the final question I asked Amboy had to do with Benolot's abuse of power, and this is where the crux of the issue was revealed:
At no point did Benolot abuse her power in any substantial way. Amboy was not able to think of a single instance where Benolot was flagrantly breaking the rules.
However, Benolot's moderating style was extremely unpredictable and varying. Sometimes she was excessively forgiving; other times, she was excessively harsh. This led to some uncertainty among the other mods, especially Amboyscout, who Benolot had been antagonizing. Amboyscout felt Benolot had unfairly backed him into a corner. To that end, Amboy let the other mods know his concerns with the PM he sent, but it did nothing to resolve the situation; it only increased the personal tension between Benolot and Amboyscout when Benolot found out about it.
The revelation we had was this: the dispute between Amboyscout and Benolot is a personal one, and nobody's place but theirs to interfere. An agreement was reached: Amboyscout would do his best to resolve his differences with Benolot in a private discussion. When they reach a mutual understanding, they will let us know.
TL;DR AMBOY AND BENOLOT NEED TO RESOLVE THIS IN PRIVATE.
PLEASE, FOLLOW THE RULES:
BE KIND TO EACH OTHER
KEEP IT CIVIL
USE COMMON SENSE
Thank you for taking the time to read through this. I hope it helped you understand what's been happening. I like this community and I don't want any unnecessary rifts in it, especially not over stuff as petty as this.
-crash