I was thinking about a rule for this community biasing any flags from anyone that posts. It would create an outlet for the frustration felt by many types of people.

Still, the delay between the flag and moderator intervention, mixed with the apprehension about involving a third party mod does little to address the issues. So why not delegate the actual role of content removal to the OP?

The authoritarian potential of moderation attracts terrible people on both sides of the spectrum of inept handling of flags, and sadistic narcissists. Enabling the OP allows all users to decide who to interact with based upon actions of individuals posting instead of being victims of anonymous and random third party mods. If you don’t like someone’s comment, just remove it. If some OP is being silly, flag it for the mod to review. I care about getting real people to post niche content and engage openly far more than anyone else present, especially the toxic pedantism and reasons people get discouraged.

What are your thoughts?