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It's pretty hard to learn moderation. There are almost no good resources and you have to learn through failure and reflection. (I've been moderating bulletin b
by Argorak 12y ago
It's pretty hard to learn moderation. There are almost no good resources and you have to learn through failure and reflection.
(I've been moderating bulletin boards for 15 years)
- dllthomas 12y agoHave you ever looked at resources for in-person mediation? I wonder to what degree those translate (or what interesting ways they fail to).
- Argorak 12y agoYes, I also worked in fields where this was a hot topic. The discussion techniques are very similiar. I can recommend reading up in those fields. The problem is that online moderation has lots of particularities, especially the lack of face to face interaction. Not a lot of them are covered in published works.
- DanBC 12y agoMeatball wiki has a lot of great information. The trolling stuff, and makin things unfun and uninteresting are useful. The stuff about vested contributors and concern trolls are pretty good too. http://meatballwiki.org/wiki/VestedContributor http://meatballwiki.org/wiki/VestedContributor http://meatballwiki.org/wiki/TrollingTactic http://meatballwiki.org/wiki/TrollingTactic
- Argorak 12y agoThank you!