Think that the issue with era is less with the mods and more with the users.
The issue from my perspective is that most Sony fans far outnumber Microsoft's (and hell, even Nintendo's), much of this is due to GAF's being known as the Sony discussion hub when even the old moderators on that site used to console-war and did their best to push Xbox players away. Those mods are normal members now who rarely even post anymore (and IIRC ex GAF mods aren't allowed to moderate here?), but the userbase have fully migrated to era.
I understand if people who only post on the gaming side and mainly Xbox threads here perceive era's moderation as being lax on console warring users, but as someone who visits both the gaming and off-topic boards quite frequently I can tell you that era' moderation on multitude of things (except doxxing and death threats) is pretty tame in general, from covert racism to thinly veiled homophobia, users would often get a slap on the wrist, to me, I don't see them going easy on console warriors, it's more of how Era's moderation works in general from what I perceive as an avid poster here.
Xbox's threads could benefit from stricter moderation, though, barring tinfoil-wearing fanboys who might accuse the site of astroturfing Microsoft. I definitely agree that letting fanboys run amok then closing threads several days later has gotten tiring.
