Some sort of appeal process to deal with human bias and punish moderators abusing power and remove their privileges would help address concerns about potential troll moderators.
Having AGI as moderators would be a futuristic dream come true. However, until that becomes a reality, it's crucial to consider the well-being of human moderators who are exposed to disturbing content like CSAM and graphic images. I believe it would be important to provide moderators with the ability to decrease their moderation levels to avoid such content.
Yeah, this seems to favor people who stick to one account, but I also enjoy seeing some of the regular posters here. Even though I like creating new accounts, I wouldn't mind if they were given moderation privileges to share the workload. I'm unsure about the implementation details, so I can't comment on the protocol. What I do know is that Reddit moderation sucks, while Discourse moderation rocks.
People keep mentioning StackOverflow even though I specifically mention Discourse. The two do similar things but one does it right and the other doesn't. I don't really understand how it would be inconvenient to create accounts. If you are active and behave you get moderation privileges otherwise you get the same experience as you do now.
The benefit of this is that only individuals who are interested will progress up the trust level ladder. If you are indifferent, you will have the same experience as currently. I believe this benefits everyone involved.
You are probably thinking about StackExchange, I don't see anybody saying anything about popularity when talking about Discourse. It's a matter of doing it like Discourse and not like StackExchange.
I don't know how that works. Why would have to do anything to participate in the discussions? The curation can be done by whoever wants to do it.