I think it is pretty clear that the case-by-case statement means that there is some flexibility in the rules. But I will consult with the other moderators of politicalMemes to see if they think changing is necessary.
Hey! Thank you reacting as soon as you knew. For the next time: you can edit your post body here on lemmy, so removing your entire post is unnecessary (:
Then you find a top post removed with the reason of mediabiasfactcheck, for a source with no fact check fails and a slight "center right" orientation.
If I look through the modlog, I don't see the particular post you mention, could you maybe elaborate on which post you mean?
Meaning: no rules. Not sure who redacted that, but it allows any arbitrary decision.
I disagree with the statements that that means "No rules", it just means that sometimes a technical rule violation doesn't warrant a removal of a post. There is no world in which rules are perfectly complete for every edge case and no "arbitrary" decision ever need to be made.
A lot of comments removed with a reason of "rule 2", even when including multiple links to support the claims made. After I got one of those, I tried replying to some comments by providing sources for the claims they made, while citing the rule. My comments were left alone, the parent comments got deleted for reason "rule 2". At no point any mod actually asked to provide sources, clearly didn't check the ones provided.
I'm actually a mod for politicalMemes. If I look through the modlog, I don't see many instances of comments / posts being removed for rule 2. So could you please specify which removals you are referring to?
Same, I really hope they will improve it soon.