"But I recently saw a critique that we were in danger of letting the forums become a Nazi bar. I'm familiar with the concept, as well as Godwin's Law. We don't want that here. We want a community where people can be unafraid to express themselves - particularly about our main topic of coverage, which is technology - but that doesn't feel like wading through a cesspool."
"Register editors are responsible for moderating, and we have many other duties as well, so please bear with us if we don't get to moderation right away. And if you see comments or a thread going off the rails, don't necessarily assume we've seen it and are ignoring it. Our current comment system flags certain posts automatically, but not all."
"Now that you understand that we're busy human people on the other end, some guidelines are in order. We will delete without hesitation the following types of garbage: Threats of violence against any individual or group. Prejudicial remarks attributing bad actions or behavior (criminality, terrorism, idiocy, etc.) on a blanket basis to all members of a particular group (racial, ethnic, tech tribe, etc.)."
Register editors are responsible for moderating forums and article comments while handling many other duties, so moderation may not be immediate. The comment system automatically flags certain posts but not all; reporting posts via the report abuse link in the top-right corner of each comment brings faster attention. Moderation is described as both an art and vital to maintaining a civil community focused on technology. Moderators will delete threats of violence, prejudicial blanket attacks against groups, any mention of Nazis or Hitler, ungrounded accusations of criminality against individuals, and advertisements or commercial posts.
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