Moderation process updates

Posted April 3rd, 2009 by andrew

The last couple of weeks have made me realize that I’ve done a poor job of communicating the goal of the moderation process: to work with jellies to make sure the questions asked are the most-thought-out and spark the best quality answers or the best quality discussion.

As a result, I’ve tweaked the moderation process a bit to facilitate better communication between mods and users. Now, if a question gets pushed to editing you’re notified on the site (instead of relying solely on an email), and I’ve added better methods of communicating with the mod team during the moderation process.

Happy Fluthering!

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20 Comments on “Moderation process updates”

  1. VzzBzz Says:

    Hurrah! This is good news for someone like me who can only have so many tabs open when sneaking online at work ;p

  2. YARNLADY Says:

    ***YAY*** thanks for the good work, you have a really tough job.

  3. omfgTALIjustIMDu Says:

    :) Thanks!

  4. TaoSan Says:

    AWESOMENESS!

  5. petethepothead Says:

    Cool.

  6. asmo Says:

    Thanks for the update, Andrew.
    I was getting a little lost with all the new changes, but I figured you’d all figure something out in the end.

    WTG. :)

  7. Kraken Says:

    Too bad there is not a clear set of guidelines and moderation is still arbitrarily done with no firm set of guidelines in order to ensure less moderated questions. Moderation hazy. See later for better guidelines.

  8. Sr. Q Says:

    What do you know… a step closer!

    I advise all to continue expressing your concerns on this matter, as I’m sure this is not the last of it.

  9. adreamofautumn Says:

    Keep up the good work Mods. We know you’re trying your hardest to keep us a nice Collective.

  10. kevbo Says:

    Praise Jesus. I thought you guys had gone corporate or something. Still in lurve, obviously.

  11. bythebay Says:

    I never had any issues with the Mods or prior process, but I nonetheless appreciate all your efforts to keep the site running smoothly. Lurve!

  12. shadling21 Says:

    Great! This will help tremendously.

  13. Essieness Says:

    Good job, Andrew. Thanks for working so hard for us!

  14. andrew Says:

    @kraken:
    What do you feel is not clear in the guidelines?

  15. Chica Gomela Says:

    Thanks for the update, Andrew!! It’s great to know what’s going on!!

  16. mangeons Says:

    Thanks Andrew! There’s been so much wild crap on this site lately, it’s nice to see you work so hard to maintain it. You deserve some pancakes! ((hands andrew pancakes))

  17. robmandu Says:

    It’s good to reinforce that the goal of the mods is to work *with* the jellies, not *against* them. Some people, it seems, will always feel they’re being singled out unfairly… but it’s a *human* process and while sometimes inconsistent, I think Fluther is better for it.

  18. Jiminez Says:

    That’s very nice of you.

  19. Janet Says:

    thanks to all the mods for their hard work and for keeping things civil here. Unlike some people, I do not see moderation as censoring.

  20. Crystal Says:

    I’m new to the Fluther community and have become completely addicted. Its the only thing that gets me through my 12-hour shifts at work. One thing I am curious about and cant really find any information about is…how do you become a moderator?

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