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- The Surprising Outcome of Community Moderation in Reddit Politics Discussions https://citizensandtech.org/2024/04/community-moderation-reddit-politics/ 2 comments
- Changes coming to Get Satisfaction: Community moderation tools no longer free http://blog.getsatisfaction.com/2010/02/16/changes-coming-to-get-satisfaction/ 2 comments
- META [2/2]: The Vote on a specific community rule in regards to moderation https://www.reddit.com/r/chess/comments/h95gbd/meta_22_the_vote_on_a_specific_community_rule_in/ 88 comments chess
- [META 1/2] A call for moderator applications. Your application will be voted on by the community. https://www.reddit.com/r/chess/comments/h95g0i/meta_12_a_call_for_moderator_applications_your/ 168 comments chess
- Reddit Removes Custom Community Styles, Moderators Are Pissed http://www.idigitaltimes.com/reddit-removes-custom-community-styles-moderators-are-pissed-594356 131 comments technology
- Introducing RubyFu - A community moderated ruby news site. YO! http://rubyfu.org/ 2 comments ruby
- Content Moderation Case Study: Knitting Community Ravelry Bans All Talk Supporting President Trump (2019) https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20210513/16433746799/content-moderation-case-study-knitting-community-ravelry-bans-all-talk-supporting-president-trump-2019.shtml?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed%3A+techdirt%2Ffeed+%28techdirt%29&__cf_chl_jschl_tk__=28126e9d7e0291737ee26b834d6b1c8b387676ec-1621034539-0-azjqxgvrx0maqjrzq5evzesrdxgxqw0lcvxybaurwnzkj4uxkrlgdqlifavcr-2vebd7ustxlu8y-efjo6llxqybkrosenyl3sn5lf_rlukhe6wsg8hg0cxtqhb49enz3a3gkwa7wewec8wfzsbquqywbn-ucwbufssetmymvgwycdne5l6nrqe8xa0c_btaqd11ysejzp7rlzbhk1dgrxn6nw08ervs9xtjo7qja5x_5svkoeq_xaoxqdjh0npdk0j9u9xxt3hjjx82gvqnnvg2wmsz-sfiqhnlcxxcccu191cnqjb7ybms4cdl7mm17_-r3osh3mtmhydcw78_znuoypsp1xe1d7xlhzrojef4qcwdjusikit1mf_d9de6ikab47tckyhkynxg-nw3hia7rs_jipbm2ei1l76u7ittd6krjpgx2rjjutkrzyyqjsermonldkfjf6yngrqgw1veom9wazid2myfdb9ou6bnhb82igq64kw2onf4xb8a3hxv5una-tucr3ykc7xv_vc0zgppqcr_8_xse_3mmlgrn5bymvoyu1402betipjnn8zvnkctylcnb8zpd1vouoeeblytkwrblclgdmcauob5s3zcglnu-xiohnvds0chbknomd81dqoo3jk-5pcuegri4ko4pgh-olm3qe4e89wej8xkh4bbubq3t_xycwbybjrvi57lab0krzjqwcbn96lnzgwnuycnsvozavytuhtq_jsm9kxqvef5zrhu0axmig 28 comments politics
- Facebook publishes full 'Community Standards' used by moderators http://uk.businessinsider.com/facebook-publishes-community-standards-moderators-2018-4 3 comments politics
- Does this apply to /r/bitcoin? A Reddit admin said "We will ban subreddits that allow their communities to use the subreddit as a platform to harass individuals when moderators don’t take action" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controversial_Reddit_communities 3 comments btc
- Just a reminder: /r/bitcoin is moderated by a known scammer named /u/theymos who has bilked the community out of over 6000 bitcoins. /u/theymos approves of censorship and bans anyone he dissagrees with. https://www.reddit.com/r/btc/comments/6s1zlc/just_a_reminder_rbitcoin_is_moderated_by_a_known/ 130 comments btc
- Reddit.com "Moderator Guidelines for Healthy Communities" It turns out r\bitcoin is violating a number of reddit.com's own guidelines. What a surprise. https://www.reddit.com/r/btc/comments/7vce80/redditcom_moderator_guidelines_for_healthy/ 6 comments btc
- /r/history moderator applications. Want to help out this community? Look inside! https://www.reddit.com/r/history/comments/94ifrp/rhistory_moderator_applications_want_to_help_out/ 12 comments history
- This is what /r/Bitcoin moderators don't want you to know about the upcoming conference "for the technical community focusing on the security of Bitcoin" https://www.reddit.com/r/btc/comments/6xibjv/this_is_what_rbitcoin_moderators_dont_want_you_to/ 48 comments btc
- We are looking for new /r/history moderators. Want to help out this community? Look inside! https://www.reddit.com/r/history/comments/cc6snx/we_are_looking_for_new_rhistory_moderators_want/ 3 comments history
- Jeff Atwood on Twitter: "if you have a single all-powerful moderator / admin running a community, that community is doomed, only a matter of time" https://twitter.com/codinghorror/status/857135043151622144 29 comments btc
- I am stepping down as a moderator of r/btc and exiting the bitcoin community and entering the Ethereum community. • r/btc https://www.reddit.com/r/btc/comments/61sim7/i_am_stepping_down_as_a_moderator_of_rbtc_and/?utm_content=title&utm_medium=front&utm_source=reddit&utm_name=btc 6 comments ethereum
- “No evidence” to link moderate coffee consumption with arrhythmia risk. There is no evidence that moderate coffee consumption can cause cardiac arrhythmia, according to the authors of a prospective, population-based community cohort study. https://cardiacrhythmnews.com/no-evidence-to-link-moderate-coffee-consumption-with-arrhythmia-risk/ 4 comments science
- Burnout, splinter factions and deleted posts: Unpaid online moderators struggle to manage divided communities https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/08/25/volunteer-moderators-2020/ 5 comments technology
- Many Reddit communities vandalized with pro-Trump content, possibly due to compromised moderator accounts https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/7/21358898/reddit-subreddits-trump-communities-vandalized-compromised-moderator-accounts 9 comments politics
- Many Reddit communities vandalized with pro-Trump content, possibly due to compromised moderator accounts https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/7/21358898/reddit-subreddits-trump-communities-vandalized-compromised-moderator-accounts 4 comments technology
- Active Censorship in r/dashpay - I was gaslit into a trumped up rule violation which was used as an excuse to permanently ban me from the community. Beware BCH, moderators, prominent community members, there is NO DEPTH they will not plunge to! https://www.reddit.com/r/DashUncensored/comments/bt8jjm/discussion_of_the_rules_governing_this_subreddit/ 31 comments btc
- How Reddit Birthed a Community of Digital Vigilantes | Content moderation didn't begin on the "front page of the internet," but the most anonymous site in the world has perfected the art of checks and balances. https://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/apps/a29620698/how-reddit-works/ 12 comments technology
- Last week one of China's biggest community sites, Baidu, sparked an outcry when it admitted it allowed healthcare companies to moderate online health forums. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-35340394 3 comments technology
- A study of r/changemyview finds high alignment between users and moderators about what mod policy should be, but low alignment on how rules are put into practice. The authors argue that online groups need tools to show these misalignments so that they can have community conversations about them https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3610077 2 comments science
- Facebook is bad at moderating in English. In Arabic, it’s a disaster | The platform must work with communities on the ground to design policies on moderation and be fully transparent about them. https://restofworld.org/2021/facebook-is-bad-at-moderating-in-english-in-arabic-its-a-disaster/ 3 comments technology
- Facebook created 'Community Pages' so that one person couldn't control an idea. Reddit still allows autocratic moderators to do exactly this. https://twitter.com/revofever/status/964628645011738624 3 comments btc
- Reddit admin /u/sodypop on censorship in /r/Bitcoin: "We generally allow moderators to run their communities how they like as long as they are within our site-wide rules and moderator guidelines." Blatant censorship, hacking, vote manipulation, and brigading are "within [Reddit's] site-wide rules". https://www.reddit.com/r/bugs/comments/7obxkb/mailgun_security_incident_an_update_on_the_state/ds8kela/ 14 comments btc
- Since the moderator TechnoL33T freaked out and destroyed his subreddit, I've created a new space for the former members of /r/ArtisanVideos. Please help spread the word so the community can recreate itself. http://www.reddit.com/r/artisan/ 37 comments reddit.com
- A study on Reddit content removals found that biases among subreddit moderators in making removal decisions across more than a hundred independent communities help create echo chambers. And this can sometimes lead to the radicalization of individuals https://news.umich.edu/u-m-study-explores-how-political-bias-in-content-moderation-on-social-media-feeds-echo-chambers/ 5 comments science
- DOE Announces Intent to Fund Solar and Battery Storage for Community Healthcare Facilities and Multi-Family Housing Serving Low-and-Moderate-Income Communities in Puerto Rico https://www.energy.gov/articles/doe-announces-intent-fund-solar-and-battery-storage-community-healthcare-facilities-and 10 comments politics
- Reddit is going to remove mods of private communities unless they reopen — ‘This is a courtesy notice to let you know that you will lose moderator status in the community by end of week.’ https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/29/23778997/reddit-remove-mods-private-communities-unless-reopen 3416 comments technology
- A study in Japan (N=7295) shows people feel happier when others appear happier: That is, Psychological interconnection of happiness (correlation between individual happiness and perceived community happiness) was moderated by community‐level social capital beyond individual‐level social capital. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ijop.12744 6 comments science
- Twitter launches 'Birdwatch,' a forum to combat misinformation | Twitter said it hopes to build a community of "Birdwatchers" that can eventually help moderate and label tweets in its main product. https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/twitter-launches-birdwatch-forum-combat-misinformation-n1255552?cid=sm_npd_ms_fb_ma 17 comments technology
- Will Reddit un-quarantine its biggest pro-Trump community? CEO Steve Huffman isn’t holding his breath | /r/The_Donald was punished for hosting “violent content,” and Huffman isn’t convinced the community’s moderators are taking that problem seriously enough. https://www.vox.com/recode/2019/7/26/8932172/reddit-steve-huffman-the-donald-trump-subreddit-kara-swisher-recode-decode-podcast-interview-live 49 comments technology
- Will Reddit un-quarantine its biggest pro-Trump community? CEO Steve Huffman isn’t holding his breath | /r/The_Donald was punished for hosting “violent content,” and Huffman isn’t convinced the community’s moderators are taking that problem seriously enough. https://www.vox.com/recode/2019/7/26/8932172/reddit-steve-huffman-the-donald-trump-subreddit-kara-swisher-recode-decode-podcast-interview-live 79 comments politics
- I have just created a new subreddit for BCH debates only. The scope of this community will be to promote clean and constructive debates (argument-counterargument) to shed light on Bitcoin Cash (BCH). Please sub and hit me up if you want to help moderate. https://www.reddit.com/r/BCHZone/ 10 comments btc
- The Dragons Den moderators on /r/bitcoin are openly violating numerous Moderator Guidelines for the Reddit Healthy Communities Initiative. Including: Not engaging in good faith, inconsistency in mod action, Association to Brand, and more. https://www.reddit.com/help/healthycommunities/ 29 comments btc
- Mayors of 21 cities in Florida on Friday called on the moderators of next week's presidential debates in Miami to ask candidates how they would deal with rising sea levels caused by climate change, a concern of the state's coastal communities. http://reuters.com/article/idusmtzsapec34j7gi77 989 comments politics
- The Hanukkah Story: The Maccabees were moderate fanatics. If they found uncircumcised Jews, they performed forced circumcisions. They had no interest in religious liberty within the Jewish community and believed religion was a collective regimen, not an individual choice. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/11/opinion/11brooks.html 15 comments reddit.com
- If Google can serve up billions of people per day, if blogs like DailyKos can exist, if moderation systems like Reddit and Slashdot work, we can have an efficient, community moderated debate and voting system. Our communities can come up with similar discussion systems. http://www.theseminal.com/2007/08/16/transparency-and-debate-in-representative-democracy/ 41 comments reddit.com