One example of legitimate moderator action I’d like to highlight is the recent announcement of a ban of InIn content from the EA Facebook group. Since the six moderators of the EA Forum include a diverse group of people (some CEA staff and some not) and since their actions so far have been quite limited and very transparent, my perception is that they are a trusted group capable of the legitimate (yet oligarchical) action that forums need to survive. My suggestion is that for the EA forum we also create a different, yet similarly diverse and overall independent moderator team here that also takes rare, swift, trusted, and transparent moderator action, guided by community input.
The EA Forum’s moderation has a lot more in common with the moderation of the Facebook group than differences.
The EA Forum has had a diverse set of even-handed moderators who deserve much more more thanks and praise than they receive. Currently, Ali Woodman and Rebecca Raible have been doing an excellent job, and previously, so was Marcus Davis, who was working independently. I’ve been occasionally available to chip in throughout. It’s also the case that wherever possible, we either make visible comments or consult directly with the people whose comments are in dispute.
This is definitely true! I think maybe we could potentially add another moderator or two and then empower them to make decisions? And when CEA thinks it would be best to ban someone, they could then discuss it with the moderators rather than discuss it internally.
For reasons of efficiency, I’m pretty averse to letting the team blow out in size but Ali or Rebecca will probably not be available to moderate indefinitely so others are always encouraged to express their interest to us.
One example of legitimate moderator action I’d like to highlight is the recent announcement of a ban of InIn content from the EA Facebook group. Since the six moderators of the EA Forum include a diverse group of people (some CEA staff and some not) and since their actions so far have been quite limited and very transparent, my perception is that they are a trusted group capable of the legitimate (yet oligarchical) action that forums need to survive. My suggestion is that for the EA forum we also create a different, yet similarly diverse and overall independent moderator team here that also takes rare, swift, trusted, and transparent moderator action, guided by community input.
(Though also see this alternate perspective.)
The EA Forum’s moderation has a lot more in common with the moderation of the Facebook group than differences.
The EA Forum has had a diverse set of even-handed moderators who deserve much more more thanks and praise than they receive. Currently, Ali Woodman and Rebecca Raible have been doing an excellent job, and previously, so was Marcus Davis, who was working independently. I’ve been occasionally available to chip in throughout. It’s also the case that wherever possible, we either make visible comments or consult directly with the people whose comments are in dispute.
This is definitely true! I think maybe we could potentially add another moderator or two and then empower them to make decisions? And when CEA thinks it would be best to ban someone, they could then discuss it with the moderators rather than discuss it internally.
For reasons of efficiency, I’m pretty averse to letting the team blow out in size but Ali or Rebecca will probably not be available to moderate indefinitely so others are always encouraged to express their interest to us.