I think this is probably a problem with most internet moderation. You saw the same thing on StackOverflow - moderators spending big chunks of time going through a queue of things to moderate, so they use heuristics rather than really understanding the item.
Also most of the things in the queue should get "no" as an answer, so they just get into the habit of "no, no, no, no...".
> Also most of the things in the queue should get "no" as an answer, so they just get into the habit of "no, no, no, no...".
I have access to these review queues on Stack Overflow (as basically everybody with sufficient karma has), but my default is "yes" (i.e. innocent, until proven otherwise).
I do too but every time I look at them... There are a lot of really bad questions. Like not even coherent English, just dumps of logs with no context. Stuff that definitely should be downvoted.
I was going to go and get an example from the queue but I just checked and they're actually all empty. SO is truly dead.
Also most of the things in the queue should get "no" as an answer, so they just get into the habit of "no, no, no, no...".