Best practices for moderation
A comprehensive write-up of existing peer reviewed research on moderation and communities for node staff. This covers important context for how digital communities form and operate; various styles of moderation; likely sources of user and moderator strife; and overall best practices for moderation on the Website League.
Noteworthy community dynamics
Seering et al. propose there are three simultaneous processes which define moderation and its re...
Approaches to moderation
Top-down Top-down (or centralized) approaches to moderation are predominant at the platform lev...
Shortcomings and difficulties of moderation
The moderation process itself Moderation often serves to reinforce existing personal (power uphe...
Solutions, conclusions, and prescriptions
Cultural norms Content warnings are of debatable effectiveness and, when poorly implemented, can...
References
Sarah Gilbert. 2023. Towards Intersectional Moderation: An Alternative Model of Moderation Built...