Per fezzwig, it just means, “Hey, other moderator, I’m not close enough to impartial here, so look at this thread and make the judgment on it.”
That would mean that if moderator A nobly “avoided” getting another moderator, but then picked a moderator B, over which A has unusual influence, and did it precisely “when it actually mattered [to A]”, that would also not be kosher.
Per fezzwig, it just means, “Hey, other moderator, I’m not close enough to impartial here, so look at this thread and make the judgment on it.”
That would mean that if moderator A nobly “avoided” getting another moderator, but then picked a moderator B, over which A has unusual influence, and did it precisely “when it actually mattered [to A]”, that would also not be kosher.