Well, first of all, if someone mashes the abuse button, the moderators do not get information about who sent the abuse, which was done intentionally to minimize any personal preferences coming into play. Second, the moderators can't patrol all the threads, so if there is flaming going on and no one tells them, they may not see it. And third, there is still a degree of individual judgement on the part of the moderators, so what is acceptable to one may constitute abuse to another when the flaming is right on the line of acceptable insults. But there has been a concerted effort to apply less moderation to FR over recent weeks.
------------------------------ Dream on, - in most cases, just who pushed the button is obvious, as is any subsequent favoritism.
--- 'Goading & baiting' takes place here on a consistent basis from some authoritarians, who are never censured. -- Even my post here, - in discussing the matter with you, will probably get me in deep doo doo once again. - If so, so be it.