We’re looking to put together some more detailed rules on what should and should not be submitted to the instance. Things such as, but not exclusively:

  • What types of message you would always like to see removed on sight
  • Whether there are any types of message which should be left up (borderline, with strong corrections from the community)
  • Where the line is drawn on political views (and how gray areas should be treated)

I’ll make no bones: Moderating uk/ukpol has been a learning experience for me.
I’ve learned that there often isn’t much difference between “leaving a comment up because the community has done an excellent job highlighting flaws” and “I should have removed this hours ago, the community shouldn’t have to do this”.
As there isn’t a way to mod-tag a post, inaction on negative posts can reflect badly on the instance as a whole.

Having some clear guidelines/rules will hopefully simplify things.
And more admins should mean that if a report isn’t looked at, someone can review it as an escalation.

I’ve also enabled the slur filters. And we’ll be listening to see if anything needs adding/removing (the template had swearing blocked :| )

So…Answers on a postcard, I guess!

  • Big P
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    51 year ago

    I think any rule put in place will be challenged by people hoping to spread hate speech so there should be a degree of leeway with the context of something. In a similar vein I’m against outright banning certain words but instead banning particular uses.

    • GreatAlbatrossOPM
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      1 year ago

      Regarding word bans, I’m trying to find out if the filter blocks the comments, or just puts a mod review in.
      In fact, I’ll test it in here. banana is now on the list, lets see what happens.
      Edit: Odd, nothing happened. Much to think about.

        • GreatAlbatrossOPM
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          51 year ago

          I blame Firefox defaulting me to star spangled English when it updates. The number of Zs I’ve had to spot makes me sad.

      • @[email protected]
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        31 year ago

        Banana. banana

        Just thought I’d also test in case you have some sort of mod immunity to filters?

        • GreatAlbatrossOPM
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          41 year ago

          Time to wash your mouth out with soap!

          Yea, I think it’s not working. No worries, thanks for the assist!