Peanut Gallery Commentary on the Staff Log of Bannings and such like.

[Losty]

I think people tend to forget that staff are members first and staff second. It's a volunteer position filled by humans.

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And I have been guilty of forgetting that myself on more than one occasion.

You have that exactly back to front.

A moderator is someone who mediates disputes and should never get personally involved.

You’re confused. I see nothing but members commenting here.
If someone were commenting as a moderator it would look like this:

Moderator Notice
This is what a moderator comment looks like.