On Forum Moderation

Aliak something at something.com
Sat Oct 19 15:28:46 UTC 2019


On Saturday, 19 October 2019 at 14:49:21 UTC, FeepingCreature 
wrote:
> On Saturday, 19 October 2019 at 12:59:40 UTC, Mike Parker wrote:
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> A relevant blogpost from a different forum: Well-Kept Gardens 
> Die By Pacifism.
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> https://www.greaterwrong.com/posts/tscc3e5eujrsEeFN4/well-kept-gardens-die-by-pacifism
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> And yes, better moderation tools would probably help a lot. I 
> think mods here should in general be more willing to shut down 
> threads or avenues or discussion that are going nowhere. It 
> doesn't have to be an outright ban, often interrupting the 
> vicious circle of posts and responses would already solve the 
> issue.

Hasn’t modern forum software largely solver problems like this 
with voting, karma, etc? What kind of tools are available for 
mailing lists other than banning users? (Even deleting messages 
can’t be done once they’re in me inbox)


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