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> […] I look at the average comment there and I can get a feel for what moderating there must be like. And I have to say, it looks like paradise compared to re

by elaus 11y ago

> […] I look at the average comment there and I can get a feel for what moderating there must be like. And I have to say, it looks like paradise compared to reddit. Correct me if I'm wrong, but what you're seeing in the comment section of the Guardian is AFTER moderation has taken place – both longterm (blocking trolls) and short term (removing/blocking comments). So obviously it doesn't look as bad as what you're seeing WHILE moderating reddit comments and you can't really compare that. It's like I'm saying "moderating reddit is easy, I barely see any spammers or trolls there" (as a user).

lucozade 11y ago
The Guardian has just done an analysis on comments and they get approx 2% that are blocked or deleted. So it doesn't look like they're fighting back the hordes and you just can't see it. And in the article, the chap says that removing the spammers and swivel-eyes is easy. What's hard is curating the discussion. If you read the comments on this article and on similar articles recently, this is the area that attracts the main criticism of the Guardian moderation. My guess wrt Reddit is that it's a much more difficult job to remove the spammers and front-page optimisers. The curation of a sub-reddit, if it happens at all, is probably easier as there'll likely be little or no real need to be subtle about it.
mahranch 11y ago
> t's like I'm saying "moderating reddit is easy, I barely see any spammers or trolls there" (as a user). Except since I have 6 years experience, I truly can get a feel for what their "before" looks like just by looking at the "after". That's what I meant. I can get a pretty good baseline on what their before looks like because at one point, our subreddits were smaller and had a similar baseline. Their comment system is about what reddit's was like circa 2011-2012. Coincidentally, I think reddit was approximately the same size traffic-wise.

by elaus 11y ago

lucozade 11y ago

The Guardian has just done an analysis on comments and they get approx 2% that are blocked or deleted. So it doesn't look like they're fighting back the hordes and you just can't see it. And in the article, the chap says that removing the spammers and swivel-eyes is easy. What's hard is curating the discussion. If you read the comments on this article and on similar articles recently, this is the area that attracts the main criticism of the Guardian moderation. My guess wrt Reddit is that it's a much more difficult job to remove the spammers and front-page optimisers. The curation of a sub-reddit, if it happens at all, is probably easier as there'll likely be little or no real need to be subtle about it.

mahranch 11y ago

> t's like I'm saying "moderating reddit is easy, I barely see any spammers or trolls there" (as a user). Except since I have 6 years experience, I truly can get a feel for what their "before" looks like just by looking at the "after". That's what I meant. I can get a pretty good baseline on what their before looks like because at one point, our subreddits were smaller and had a similar baseline. Their comment system is about what reddit's was like circa 2011-2012. Coincidentally, I think reddit was approximately the same size traffic-wise.