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In the past on Metafilter, if there were some unacceptable comments they were deleted but the moderator would add a comment that simply restated what was not al
by A_COMPUTER 12y ago
In the past on Metafilter, if there were some unacceptable comments they were deleted but the moderator would add a comment that simply restated what was not allowed and asking people to stay civil. I think this can actually work really well, because it doesn't shame the people moderated and they can move forward without feeling personally slighted. This is in stark contrast to the person's name next to a big [DELETED] or Boingboing's mocking "disemvowelment".
- wiml 12y agoI have to agree that one of the things that made Metafilter's moderation more successful was being able to moderate without alienating the users. Moderation often devolves into simply ejecting all but one "tribe" from a forum so that nobody's left to have a disagreement; MeFi avoided that trap far better than many places.
- A_COMPUTER 12y agoUnfortunately I had to qualify with "in the past." I think it's an echo chamber today. I have heard more and more people talk about unfair moderation, which I never saw years ago. So invisible moderation does still have a downside. To be fair, I think most of the people still posting there are like old friends now.