"But posters are to be governed by Agoracom's six rules, eh? So hub leaders would enforce these regardless of who authored the post or who reported it? Seems odd to me that this issue has been raised. One of life's minor mysteries, I suppose."

Yes to the first two questions and I don't see why to the second. It is not an issue that has been raised, it is a simple point of fact that I had reason to introduce to another poster in the clarification of some circumstances for the persons involved. Everyone should understand privacy issues in any public communications system.

"If a post by a Hub Leader is reported as a violation, would he/she deal with it personally? If so, I think this would constitute a conflict of interest. In such a case I feel it should be referred to another Hub Leader."

Even if hub leaders flagged themselves they wouldn't be handling the complaint. Others may flag the post but again it would not be up to the "defendant" to in any way affect the proceedings. Agoracom would handle that. The leader being flagged would simply know who has filed it.

"By the way, Sum, I recently had occasion to report one of your posts, but did not receive the usual email notification that it was being dealt with."

Firstly it is your perfect right to flag any post if you think it is warranted....and I support your right to do so whether it is mine or anyone elses. If there is a significant delay in response you should inquire to Agoracom for clarification.

Some site leaders also have the ability to ban individuals in addition to removing posts, but of course banning is a rare occurence and removing posts is not that terribly frequent either.