I am being banned over pure lies.

I have seen you (ragnar) slide into forums where things have been ridiculously reported and I can practically see you rolling your eyes at the report. I'll link this as an example since I used it earlier: https://www.debateart.com/forum/topics/4154-someone-is-secretly-admiring-me-on-dart?page=4&post_number=97. That is to say I think you agree with me in general that you don't want to over-moderate.

there are too many moderators

if you can amount a hundred small offenses to equal a huge one, it's easy to justify a ban on someone like RM by dismissing him as "always just being a problem".

1. Go down to 1 moderator

2. Use a lot more discretion in both banning, and choosing ban lengths. 

I have a general feeling that I can't speak the same way that I did on debate.org, without consequence. That freedom of speech was one of the biggest attractors on that site for me.

 I want to say "Your wrong douchebag, and here's why your f'ing wrong" without being blocked by that user. Then later I can re-read that post realize I was a douche, and re-evaluate my opinion in a way I couldn't if a restraining order or something was placed on me and that individual barring him from letting me see and reflect further on his opinions.

Correct. While I don't think there should be zero moderation, not every statement someone disagrees with need be reported.

Not sure the best way to handle it. The reason for vote and forum moderators, is to make it less of a burnout job, and to pass things on to people with less investment in any feud.

I can admit that is the slippery slope we're on. I stand by bans being about patterns more often than a single insult or whatever (with a few exceptions where it was particularly excessive), but we do need checks and balances to keep it from getting out of control (or reigning it into control if already out of control).

Ironically, part 1 is something RM has repeatedly suggested (himself as site moderator), but the opposite of part 2 (well he would probably call it the ultimate discretion, but I you get the idea). ... This has continued even after removing the disagreeable no insults rule from the CoC.

I've put some hard work into getting the CoC to be less restrictive on that, but if you say it's a fear, it's clearly not enough yet.

I admit my one big complaint about DDO's moderation was that Restraining Orders were nearly impossible to get (the one time I got one, I gently called out the person for violating it, and quickly heard from a mod how me asking them to honor it was itself the true violation of it). At the same time, I had no qualms about losing a member for refusing to make them be given out like candy. They remain a bit of a last resort.

Anyway, thank you for all the feedback!

Ironically, part 1 is something RM has repeatedly suggested (himself as site moderator), but the opposite of part 2 (well he would probably call it the ultimate discretion, but I you get the idea). ... This has continued even after removing the disagreeable no insults rule from the CoC.

Hmm, does it being Ironic that RM kind of agrees mean you dis-agree? What's your take?

supa situation. Just because something is hard written in the rules doesn't mean you can't say "Yeah I think that punishment might not exactly fit the crime in this context" and bend the rules towards leniency here.

I wonder what would have happened if we let that thread continue. I mean they don't like each other, but they do seem to have some monicker of respect for the other now after some discussion today. Makes the banning decision feel a little hazier now to me.

It is. He had admitted it before, when he swore off the website. However, that might have just been a ploy to get the 25 likes achievement.

If I ever become mod. I am doing a mass reform of banning. While I think 2 months is actually adequate IMO, there are some rules in the CoC I’d change

RM is good at spotting suspicious activity and time investment, but he desires things to be absolutely strict. In short, I believe he would ban people constantly for things which do not even border on CoC violations.

That said, I've had to take away the report button from a couple of users, and RM is not among them. 

If I recall correctly, Supa's ban was longer than it otherwise would have been, due to repeated warnings, and serving as discord mod (whatever title or non-title that has) so being held to a higher standard.

It's a weird one, as without the wake up call of moderation action, I doubt there would be said progress. At the same time, with that progress (particularly the apologies), the length now seems non-ideal.

RM will be getting banned temporarily due to numerous CoC violations, but RM is having a fit over it 

Seriously, does every interaction I have with you have to be in the form of passive aggressiveness? I've never treated you with contempt. Show me some respect, and I'll continue to do the same. 

We need Virtuoso to be the head mod and to let members like myself become the new co-mod. I don't care if Bsh1 still remains in the team or not, he is not too terrible and not too great.