First, I would appreciate you quoting me when responding because then I will check the post again and read it closer to when I made my original comment.
I don't disagree that I have experienced more, as you put it, important decisions because I was high staff on a video game than you. Perhaps to put it in context to better frame my comment in a way that makes more sense instead of being open ended. I believe I have more experience as a "high staff member" on a video game server than you, specifically on Gaminglight which you never were. From previous blacklist's and on the rare occasion in the past when those have been overturned, the resulting issues that arose made it clear that blacklists were issued due to major conflicts with how Gaminglight is a chill and relaxed place for people to hang out and have fun. This I would assume became more of an issue as multiple people who were blacklisted, around early 2019, were removed from the community due to their toxic nature and really just not promoting good behavior on gaminglight. Due to the issues they caused, it became more common place for those people to be removed as they were holding Gaminglight back and allowing blacklists to be appealed would be too time consuming especially since they would just cause more issues.
Its true that SMT member's could go rogue, and it's definitely a case where they too were blacklisted. However, and I can say this with full confidence, SMT is in a way better position now compared to previously.
What isn't mentioned and most likely is just the impression that players have, is that blacklists are based off one single person making that call without talking with anyone else. That's 100% false, and unfortunately something I don't think I can go into much detail about.
Finally, I don't think allowing blacklisted people to appeal is beneficial given that every blacklist I've ever seen has been to prevent that person from harming the community in a serious way. While it happened in the past I went into detail above about why I think that was changed to what it is today.