Anyone with karma > 30 can flag a post or vouch for a dead post. We try to revie...

cherry_tree · 2025-09-20T22:04:01 1758405841

Vouch privileges cannot be revoked by the moderation team?

> We try to review all the flagged submissions but there are too many for us to look closely at them all.

And surely there is no opportunity for bias there.

dang · 2025-09-21T02:55:52 1758423352

It's largely random, but yes of course there's opportunity for bias. We do our best to avoid it, but I don't imagine it's eliminable.

OrderlyTiamat · 2025-09-21T07:08:55 1758438535

> And surely there is no opportunity for bias there.

Didn't writing this sentence feel like a good snap, as no one could possibly have a good come back at this?

Maybe that means you set the bar impossibly high.

cherry_tree · 2025-09-21T14:17:41 1758464261

It would be easy to defuse my claim of bias by being open about which flagged posts the moderators do have time to look at, and which they don’t.

Maybe the bar for moderation should be higher than it is right now. I guess I’m an asshole for wanting such a thing, I can live with that.

OrderlyTiamat · 2025-09-22T10:31:32 1758537092

No, that seems a fair request, I like that idea! But I can also see that it's not likely to be implemented.

Though I'd see that transparency as a step forward, it's very likely to generate flamewars and even more discussion on the topic. If I was a mod I'd probably weigh the pros and cons of that to be negative overall.