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To: Jeffrey S. Mitchell who wrote (17692)5/27/2003 10:01:34 AM
From: Michelino  Read Replies (2) of 32883
 
For those who cry out for moderated threads, I believe that there is a more civil, if not just as effective, alternative:

Let moderator actions act as only as a filter rather than a deletion.

In other words, thread readers could choice from two different views of a moderated thread, the first view would be of only those messages "endorsed" by the moderator, the second view would be to see all messages including those that the moderator considers to be off-topic. By default all reply messages to "endorsed" messages would stay in the "endorsed" version of the thread (unless the moderator decides that a post is off-topic.) Replies to off-topic messages would be available only in the unfiltered view unless the moderator intervenes. Moderators could also banish posters to default to the off-topic category for a limited amount of time (three days?)

In this manner, readers could choose freely on a thread by thread basis whether to respect a moderator's endorsed view of the message stream. SI Features such as "View Next 10" and "View Replies" would adjust according to whether the reader desires to see moderator endorsed content or not.

Moderators would be therefore become guides rather than absolute censors. Of course, all the usual TOS and Administrative oversight would still be necessary.
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