I agree, moderation is going to be a real issue for us—particularly as usage starts to increase. My fear with assigning moderation status to the poster, though,

I agree, moderation is going to be a real issue for us—particularly as usage starts to increase. My fear with assigning moderation status to the poster, though, is in it being so hinged to one individual. As such, if he/she leaves, the channel stops growing. We're looking at channels less like a session and more like a set of hashtagged posts on Twitter. In that setting, anyone can tag a tweet; similarly, anyone can post in a channel on Chapp. As such, we allow for the discussion to continue to grow, and potentially shift in nature over time. This could be the wrong approach, and there certainly are a number of complications that come with it. That said, we like the idea that each channel could grow into a community of sorts. Additionally, we think this approach lends itself to building stores of (indexed) content that could be useful—perhaps akin to a long-standing forum.