[Python-ideas] Moving to another forum system where moderation is possible

Anders Hovmöller boxed at killingar.net
Tue Sep 18 15:35:41 EDT 2018


> But there's no evidence that such tools would help. Software
> enforcement powers are only necessary if verbal enforcement isn't
> enough. We need the current moderators (or just Brett) to say whether
> they feel it isn't enough.

These systems work radically differently. You don’t get notifications for all messages in all threads by default. 

> What people may really be clamoring for is a larger moderation team,
> or a heavier hand. They want more enforcement, not more effective
> enforcement.

If you just have good (granular, configurable) notifications for threads you don’t even need moderation. It side steps the entire problem. 

/ Anders


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