Re:The moderator problem: How Reddit and related news sites ...
by fragmede on Tuesday March 17, 2015 @02:06PM
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> dang is probably the best moderator I've seen on any site ever.
You're kidding, right? That bit with the Uber driver in Delhi raping a passenger was extremely poorly handled, and many threads go way off topic without a single word from dang.
To be fair, it's not his fault.
He does a fine job, but no one has figured out a technological solution to the problem. Google's spent an untold amount of money to try and address this, but YouTube's comment section is still a cesspool. Other sites end up with a small army of moderators but that's expensive, doesn't scale, and someone still ends up having to babysit the site on a Saturday night.
The only reason we're not Reddit is lack of users.
You're kidding, right? That bit with the Uber driver in Delhi raping a passenger was extremely poorly handled, and many threads go way off topic without a single word from dang.
To be fair, it's not his fault.
He does a fine job, but no one has figured out a technological solution to the problem. Google's spent an untold amount of money to try and address this, but YouTube's comment section is still a cesspool. Other sites end up with a small army of moderators but that's expensive, doesn't scale, and someone still ends up having to babysit the site on a Saturday night.
The only reason we're not Reddit is lack of users.