User blog comment:Rappy 4187/Technical Update: June 28, 2017/@comment-24258073-20170629232848/@comment-1611013-20170630212412

@Ursuul Yeah, I could. Or I could kick them. I don't think it's up to you to decide how other communities utilize the kick feature. It's also not up to you to decide how I deal with misbehaving users. Our community has had no problems with kicking a chat mod when they've deserved a kick. You're also making some pretty hefty generalizations there by saying that a chat mod doing something worth being kicked over = a chat mod not respecting me or the rules of the site, and thus deserves to lose their powers. Sometimes people get a little heated in a debate, and they might say something that goes too far. You might think that's worth demoting, but I think it's worth a kick. The problem is, I no longer have the kick option. And like I said before, kicking someone carries more weight than saying "don't do that". My point is that this is just a completely pointless removal that accomplishes nothing but limiting the options that an administrator has, regardless of the fact that there are still ways to deal with someone like that. I have made use of and would like to continue to make use of the ability to kick a chat mod and don't appreciate the fact that that option has been taken away from me for no reason.

@BertH I've never had a conversation with a mod in PM before kicking them, I kick them when they do something worth being kicked over. It's an immediate response and it's never failed in letting that mod know they've done something wrong.