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What about not treating users like kiddies needing supervision? I think the Silicone Valley MVP TrendySpeak crowd needs to open eyes to the realities of life.

What about not treating users like kiddies needing supervision? I think the Silicone Valley MVP TrendySpeak crowd needs to open eyes to the realities of life. Slashdot is a very peculiar case of near no spam filtering, yet very good user content moderation Kuro5 was also kind of interesting with its old user rating system.

lostlogin 5y ago
Slashdot describe their moderation as ‘mass moderation’. This description is given to the phase that came after having 400 mods. https://slashdot.org/moderation.shtml https://slashdot.org/moderation.shtml
AnimalMuppet 5y ago
> What about not treating users like kiddies needing supervision? There's two kinds of "users" here - writers and readers. As a reader, in this world with the humans we've got, I do not want to be subjected to everything someone wants to write. It makes a platform unusable to readers who want to read something that isn't a troll, spam, or propaganda. The trick is to do that without crimping the users who are writers...
jrochkind1 5y ago
Because if you don't do any content-moderation your site will turn into a horrid wasteland that most of your users don't want to be on, thus defeating your purpose if your purpose is making money or any other reason to attract users. If your purpose is being 8chan, you'll be good. > Slashdot is a very peculiar case of near no spam filtering, yet very good user content moderation So, you're saying they have very good user content moderation. Which means they have content moderation. Sounds like it's human (rather than automated), and they have unpaid volunteers doing it. That's a model that works for some. A model of... content moderation.
MattGaiser 5y ago
Turn on your ability to see dead comments if it is not on already. Even HN would be a landfill without moderation.
- commandlinefan 5y ago
  I always read "dead" comments. I believe that many of them should not have been "killed".
  - BeFlatXIII 5y ago
    Reddit rule of thumb: the downvoted comments are far more likely to introduce a new idea than the upvoted ones. However, it's like comparing the likelihood of dying in a car crash instead of a plane wreck: both events are rare enough as not to be worth considering in planning your daily life.
    - JasonFruit 5y ago
      I often find material of value in dead comments. I think it's worth considering; I recommend it.

lostlogin 5y ago

Slashdot describe their moderation as ‘mass moderation’. This description is given to the phase that came after having 400 mods. https://slashdot.org/moderation.shtml https://slashdot.org/moderation.shtml

AnimalMuppet 5y ago

> What about not treating users like kiddies needing supervision? There's two kinds of "users" here - writers and readers. As a reader, in this world with the humans we've got, I do not want to be subjected to everything someone wants to write. It makes a platform unusable to readers who want to read something that isn't a troll, spam, or propaganda. The trick is to do that without crimping the users who are writers...

jrochkind1 5y ago

Because if you don't do any content-moderation your site will turn into a horrid wasteland that most of your users don't want to be on, thus defeating your purpose if your purpose is making money or any other reason to attract users. If your purpose is being 8chan, you'll be good. > Slashdot is a very peculiar case of near no spam filtering, yet very good user content moderation So, you're saying they have very good user content moderation. Which means they have content moderation. Sounds like it's human (rather than automated), and they have unpaid volunteers doing it. That's a model that works for some. A model of... content moderation.

MattGaiser 5y ago

Turn on your ability to see dead comments if it is not on already. Even HN would be a landfill without moderation.

commandlinefan 5y ago
I always read "dead" comments. I believe that many of them should not have been "killed".
- BeFlatXIII 5y ago
  Reddit rule of thumb: the downvoted comments are far more likely to introduce a new idea than the upvoted ones. However, it's like comparing the likelihood of dying in a car crash instead of a plane wreck: both events are rare enough as not to be worth considering in planning your daily life.
  - JasonFruit 5y ago
    I often find material of value in dead comments. I think it's worth considering; I recommend it.