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Few years back Jeff Atwood on coding horror (which I can't find now) had a "guide" that partially match this data. The poster, and everyone else, must know see
by tumetab1 6y ago
Few years back Jeff Atwood on coding horror (which I can't find now) had a "guide" that partially match this data. The poster, and everyone else, must know see the original post and the reason it was moderated so the rule is clearer for everyone.
I think in Reddit, like other communities, the problem still is that most users still don't see moderated content because only upvoted/popular content is seen.
Maybe that could be future analysis comparing communities where moderated content is regularly visible by the overall community vs small set of the community vs only the poster.
- TulliusCicero 6y agoI had this debate with other mods on r/cscareerquestions a few years back. My preference was for SomethingAwful-style modding transparency, where your bad post (usually) stays up with a note that says "USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST", and in fact there's a global listing of all the recent bans, including the user and posts in question. The other mods largely preferred invisible modding, that "stays out of the way", that doesn't draw attention away from productive discussion. I'm not sure either is obviously a better methodology, honestly.
- tumetab1 6y agoMy guess, is that both methodologies should be combined. Let the focus be on productive discussions while also ask for the users attention to the moderation done. For example, every X time show to the user the forum space where all the moderated content is.