Hopefully this is an appropriate topic, pulled this quote from this thread.
Once piece of feedback I received is that I shouldn't edit flagged posts. It's preferable to hide the post temporarily, send feedback, and ask the author to edit the post themselves (or retract it). I think that's a good piece of feedback for the future and we can make that official so that nobody is surprised when it happens.
It was interesting to see the flarum tag of "2 paragraphs removed by mods" in a prior thread. I think in-line edits are one of many tools available, and there are better and worse situations to use it. Sometimes, a post has a mix of valuable substantive content, AND inappropriate/offensive comments. It would be a shame to drop the entire post in those cases. But I think it's also the case that some people end up gaming the system and intentionally and regularly slipping in really negative/toxic statements into longer posts, as a way to get around having the full post removed. and leave to reporters and mods to "clean it up if discovered." In those latter cases, it gets burdensome for everyone pretty quickly, and really starts to drag down the vibe while it continues.
In short, again I think the mods are doing a fine job here, and really approaching with a positive mindset and balance.