"Corrupt and uneven" most closely means in this case: the mod who closed the other two left to take a shower and someone else made the call on the rest.
So why do the reductive Taylor/Katy and Rihanna/Katy vocals threads remain open...
.......while the reductive Gaga/Katy and Bey/Katy threads get closed
The uneven and corrupt moderating
Edit: I cannot help but notice that we have Bey/Gaga stan mods online right now. Resulting in those threads getting closed...... while the rest remain open.
Beyoncé and Gaga are far better singers than Katy (trolling thread), while Taylor and Rihanna are about the same as Katy (acceptable thread).
These "Better Vocalists" threads though. I get some, but others are total troll threads. Comparing a lessor vocalist with an actual vocalist and the poll results are messy
Is there any way that this thread could be made a members-only deal?
Not currently, no - that would require the subject being discussed solely in blogs. However, Athens is looking into a members-only restriction for PYP, and if that works out I can ask him to apply such a restriction to this thread and see if he can.