IDK, I think most are like good HOAs.

• The rules are openly posted for you to see before you join a community / buy property under an HOA.

• decent Mods/HOA people are going to manage things in accordance with the posted rules and goals of the community/HOA, even when it doesn’t align with their personal feelings

• one could certainly argue for effective mechanisms to remove mods/HOA people if they are not representing the goals of the community. One person complaining should not be enough to remove a Mod/HOA person or there cease to be any sort of moderation.

• Some people want a heavily curated community/HOA. Some people absolutely do not want their neighbor letting their lawn go wild with multiple cars up on blocks leaking oil and confederate flags, and they specifically want an HOA to prevent those things from happening. There should be a mix of communities/HOAs with different intensities or moderation so that people can search out and find what fits them. Or go solo to create their own community / buy into a property with no HOA.

• you are obviously savvy enough to find a community’s rules and skim the mod log to see how the rules are followed. Don’t buy into an HOA that doesn’t align with what you want / don’t join a community whose moderation philosophy isn’t want you’re looking for.

• moving into a decently managed HOA where neighbors get along and agree with the HOA for the most part, then hollering about how all HOAs are terrible power-hungry assholes is a great way to not make any friends with neighbors. Contrast that with reviewing HOA rules, meeting a few neighbors to gage how the HOA actually operates before buying, then declining to buy if the HOA doesn’t match your needs is the much more reasonable and civic-minded approach that leaves everyone happier in the end.