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moderation

moderation

14 4.0
Checking and removing harmful or rule-breaking content on a site
  • noun
  • /ˌmɒdəˈreɪʃən/
  • Texting
translation icon : moderación de contenidos
  • Effective moderation on social media is crucial for removing harmful content and protecting users.

There were issues with content moderation, issues with censorship.

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Examples

  • The platform improved its moderation practices to better manage user behavior and keep the community safe.

  • There are plenty of examples of other approaches to community moderation that do work.

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  • For democracy to survive, we need more content moderation, not less.

  • Some comments may be held for moderation, but no worries; it will pop up soon.

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  • There were issues with content moderation, issues with censorship.

  • According to the article in the Guardian, their moderation rules for Turkey include blocking.

  • Thank you again, Annette, for your excellent moderation and thank you all for joining us today.

  • Debate is fine, but if the posts get too personal, they won't pass moderation.

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  • Comments containing selected keywords or outbound links will be put into moderation to help prevent spam.

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  • The website implemented stricter moderation to ensure that all user-generated content adheres to community guidelines.

Antonyms

438 3.1

A situation with no order where people are confused and cannot act normally

79 6.5

A situation with no government and much disorder

Idioms

Avoid extremes and do things in a balanced way

How Strict

censorship
119 4.8
enforcement
912 3.9
moderation
  • Texting
14 4.0
curation
6 5.3

Surface Forms

moderation singular
moderations plural

Morphology

moderation = moderate (semi-transparent) = moderate + ion

The form is transparently built from 'moderate' + 'ion', but the online-platform sense is a specialized extension of the general act of moderating content and behaviour.

Etymology

Moderation comes from Latin modus 'measure' and moderare 'to control', which gives the image of keeping things within limits. A helpful way to remember the online sense is to think of moderators as people who 'measure' or manage posts and behaviour, so online moderation is checking content to keep a community within its rules.