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I'm unsure why you keep on about this forum being a business and owned by someone ? That should have nothing to do with how the place is moderated. In what areas do you feel a private or public forum should have different rules for moderation ? Should they both not just be fair and consistent ?
Whilst the ownership status should, theoretically, have no influence on how things happen or are run on a forum, in practical and accountability terms, that's just impractical. Somewhere along the line, this forum is owned and paid for by someone running a business, where that business funds the forum. If nothing else, the shareholders of that business (whether a single person or a public company) have a right to expect controls to be in place to protect their investment (share price - notional or otherwise). There are also issues to consider regarding legal issues matters - protecting privacy, having access to private data should a court of law require it and so on.
This isn't, to my knowledge, a completely philanthropic or altruistic venture, although, I could be wrong of course.
However the structure works, there will be imperfections and situations where things feel unfairly dealt with.