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moderation of content (including junk and/or foul content) by peers, and by co-owners

Posted by Graham Perrin on Feb 03, 2009; 2:15am
URL: https://support.nabble.com/Suggestion-language-warning-tp661558p2261347.html

Reading Nabble's Universal Back-End I consider the possibility of debatably foul content of all sorts — words, pictures, sound, movies (not limited to written language).

A few other topics discuss moderation. Selected points:

• moderate posts and replies
• Very confused why admins can not…

99% of the time I enjoy participation in fora where content never offends.

(Or, if content does offend, a person-to-person ban is quietly effective without involving owners.)

Legacy help from the old www.nabble.com domain:

• What is self-moderation? (highlights)
• How do I remove SPAM or bad users from my forum? (highlights).

I rarely seek a deprecated feature, but I wonder whether ratings can be re-introduced to Nabble — without cluttering or confusing the UI.

A six-point rating system (no entry icon, one star … five stars) might be presented in a pull-down menu, a sibling to the Options menu. Five stars uppermost, no entry at the foot of the list.

Not forgetting: Workgroup format, with its five points
(1 = greatest interest, top priority)
plus the possibility of a completed stamp of some sort.

Not forgetting: the established grey/red flag routine.



Based upon star ratings, Nabble 1 allowed users to view the 'best' messages (above a default threshold, or above a threshold preferred by the viewer).

A question for owners:

• if ratings were possible, then would you find it useful to have an alternative view — of messages that have been knocked down to one star or less?

During a periodic (weekly?) view of such messages, I might:

• delete messages that are truly junk
• notice a user receiving low ratings.

I might write to that user, reminding that they can edit/improve whatever they posted. The window of opportunity for edition seems to be indefinite.

(I wondered whether the legacy advanced search allows a view of one-star messages, apparently not.)

Regards
Graham