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Many words about site moderation have been posted in the thread.. Who here has actually moderate(s|d) a forum/chat site?
by archo 3y ago
Many words about site moderation have been posted in the thread.. Who here has actually moderate(s|d) a forum/chat site?
- JdeBP 3y agoSome of us have, you will find. (-: But, that said, I'm more interested in the discussions about verification, neutrality, and the reasons that people have for still clinging on for grim death that, in a few hours, will likely be pushed down onto a second page by that huge comment thread currently in the middle of this page and above them.
- prawn 3y agoI have, for about 20 years. I empathise with @dang's methods and explanations here. e.g., don't disclose a blocklist, use shadowbanning, don't get dragged down by pedantic responses to explanations. You're often one person against many trolls finding grey areas for sport, or spammers (automated or otherwise) probing defences.
- archo 3y agoI am in total agreement with you, keeping the noise/damage of nefarious scammers, spammers, hacker/pranksters, attempting to penetrating the site requires ALL the tools in the toolbox.
- DamonHD 3y agoMe also! Though I have tried to avoid it, somehow I get to be admin for many many years! And I'm feeling HN's position, even though I occasionally trip some of the mechanisms here.