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In my opinion, this is absolutely the right way to go. I know it's a completely different field, but I moderate a fairly large mountain biking forum, and I oft
by robbyking 5y ago
In my opinion, this is absolutely the right way to go.
I know it's a completely different field, but I moderate a fairly large mountain biking forum, and I often have to remove comments that recommend techniques that could result in injury or death. It's often new riders who find that Technique B works better for them than Technique A, but they don't have the experience to understand why Technique B is dangerous.
I can't imagine how much worse it must be in Dr. Lowe's field.
- sneak 5y agoDeleting those comments doesn't help the comment poster (or others) know why Technique B is dangerous, or inoculate them from hearing about Technique B later and using it without knowing the danger. We shouldn't pretend poisons don't exist, we should label them with warnings.
- 8note 5y agoThey should not show up before the warning, and not at all in a recommendation thread. There should be a specific thread about poison
- ketzo 5y agoOkay, but if we're not able to label every single one (because we don't have the time/resources/ability to do so), we should probably still remove them, no? Better removed than unlabeled, as nice as a label might be.
- r00fus 5y agoDidn't slashdot solve this like 20 years ago? Have moderation keys (+1 insightful, -1 redundant but maybe retooled to your audience/domain) and let the users moderate and have 2nd (even more trusted users) and 3rd level moderation (site owner) to moderate those moderations. It's like bureaucracy for moderation.
- marcinzm 5y ago>We shouldn't pretend poisons don't exist, we should label them with warnings. We also shouldn't put them in the fridge next to the bottle of coke no matter how well labeled.
- vorpalhex 5y agoI think most users know what a comments section is.
- epgui 5y agoI think you have an overly generous view of most people!
- bingidingi 5y agomost people couldn’t name a web browser
- ineedasername 5y agoMy mom is a web browser. she browses all the time. Uses something call Windows to do it.
- pstuart 5y ago> We also shouldn't put them in the fridge next to the bottle of coke no matter how well labeled. That's a great analogy, Perhaps to extend it -- there could be a "discards" section where the comment gets moved to should it be warranted, along with a note on why.
- squeaky-clean 5y agoWhile nice in theory, people can generate low effort BS comments far faster than one can properly refute them.
- pstuart 5y ago
- c0nsumer 5y agoNice to see you here as well. Solid work on that moderation; that community is huge and while often great, in some ways pretty darned awful.
- robbyking 5y agoThanks! Small world!
- ineedasername 5y agoNow I'm fascinated: what's an example of technique B?