15. Moderating or facilitation discussions
From:
Steven Clift
Date:
2006 Jul 13 16:35 UTC
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From: Gavin Sealey <<email obscured>>
> Post-moderation can be a problem since it is through practice or
> design difficult to remove posts from the archive and impossible to
> expunge from memory once emailed to the list.
>
For web-based forums post-moderation it is easier.
With Issues Forum, where we use a mix of e-mail and the web, it is
relatively meaningless unless an a web version of post is a top
Goggle search results for someones name. In one case E-Democracy.Org
edited the subject line of a rule violating post.
We'ved focus our "guidence" (or control) on the forum on the overall
accountability of the participants. If you violate rules and receive
warnings, your ability to participate is limited for specific
durations of time - an e-jail so to speak. This is even less
resource intensive than the time required for balanced post-
moderation and may actually encourage folks to be more responsible
and toughtful about what they post. (Real names helps too.)
Steven Clift
E-Democracy.Org
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