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@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.

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