The difference between moderation and censorship [was Re: Inspirational - Senator Culleton's Passionate...]

oshwm oshwm at openmailbox.org
Sat Oct 15 03:51:16 PDT 2016


I thought spam filtering was generally automated by a machine without an opinion on social issues and moderation was basically the censorship of messages based on the whim of a human?


On 15 October 2016 11:41:17 GMT+01:00, "Shawn K. Quinn" <skquinn at rushpost.com> wrote:
>On Fri, 2016-10-14 at 22:24 -0300, #$%& wrote:
>> To be more precise. Expect to find absolutely no russian
>>         propaganda, because that list is fully 'moderated'. That is,
>>         censored. And expect it to contain loads of american
>>         propaganda, which the 'moderators', aka censors, simply
>> consider
>>         to be 'ontopic' 'morally perfect' 'legitimate' 'content'.
>
>Moderation is not censorship. Moderation is the selective approval of
>messages so that a forum is not effectively censored by the prevalence
>of off-topic material, and to maintain standards of decorum and
>conduct. 
>
>Moderation, when done properly, is actually the *prevention* of
>constructive censorship. If this list were to be overrun by spam for
>knock-off Ray-Ban and Oakley sunglasses, penis enlargement pills, Dr.
>Oz
>approved acai berry diet pills, or even ads for VPNs that accept
>payments in Bitcoin, I'm sure most of you would demand something be
>done
>to protect the integrity of the forum.
>
>-- 
>Shawn K. Quinn <skquinn at rushpost.com>

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