speaking as a long term player,not as long as some,,,
humpty is a good moderator,he deals with abuse in lobby quickly and correctly,
he pays attention to new players asking for help,
he often warns people before he dots.
and he plays the game,
all the above are merits that some "mods" cant be bothered with anymore,
or just dont see it going on .cos they are to busy chatting with "friends"
the idea of the moderating is to control the abuse of players, which i think he does very well,
As to this"hiding as a private" i know often people will tell him somone is being abusive in an op,so he uses private to ivestigate before he acts
if he came in as moderator to "have a look",,what would happen...do you think:p
and he does not just dot "for no reason"
he has to justify his actions to FOD,
so stop complaing about "a friend of a friend " and play the game,;)