On Sun, Jul 21, 2019 at 4:07 PM Craig Russell <[email protected]> wrote:
> Problem: Not helpful; no actionable or useful content. > Alternative behavior: Don't post this message > Moderation comment: Not helpful in moving the project forward. > Hey Craig, Thank you for the suggestion. I've added it to the wiki right after off-topic. With regard to alternative behavior, I realized that I haven't sufficiently articulated what that column is for. The heading was wrong. Each moderation action should be tied to the benefit for the community. I've adjusted the heading to: "Result for the community we are trying to achieve". I feel like these "results" are actually at the core of what we should be trying to achieve here. Moderation (and commenting in general) shouldn't be about adjusting the debate "score", or "winning". It certainly shouldn't be about punishing. It should be there to make the community a better and more productive place to work. In that context, I've replaced "Don't post this message" with "Keep conversations on the topics the list is intended for; Improve the signal-to-noise ratio on the list to make it more useful." I'd love to hear your opinion. Is this an improvement? Do you have ideas to refine it? Best, Myrle
