> actions of the community (what we call "curation")
You know that users are going to call anything that happens to their posts on any website “moderation” right, and after decades of that being the norm that’s what the word means
You know that users are going to call anything that happens to their posts on any website “moderation” right, and after decades of that being the norm that’s what the word means
I have an article published on LWN. The process of getting a pitch approved and then submitting an article and polishing it to editorial standards is quite impressive, and that's part of why reading articles there is so pleasant. And of course, they didn't have to accept my idea, and there was the possibility of coming to an impasse when trying to figure out a rewrite.
Was this process "moderation"? Do you think other Internet users would call it that? I would not.
The problem really is that the framing is already wrong: what you write on Stack Overflow is not a "post" in the first place, except in a really generic sense (or perhaps if you're looking at the database schema or maybe the codebase). Posts are what you put on discussion forums. Stack Overflow is there specifically to be something else. User generated content is not all "posts". (Would you use that term for a Wikipedia article?) Calling your writing a "post" comes with rhetorical baggage that gives a false impression of the site model.
That’s up to you. Do you go around saying “I like posting on LWN. I’m a big LWN poster. That’s where I do my best posts”? If so you probably already call the staff there “da mods” and wouldn’t need clarification.
> what you write on Stack Overflow is not a "post" in the first place
Yes it is. That website is overflowing with posts. It’s almost entirely posts aside from the bits you use to navigate between the posts.
> Would you use that term for a Wikipedia article?
I am receiving news that mods have taken to moderating more than just posts nowadays. They are moderating chat messages and wiki pages, and I’m being told that some of them have even confusingly decided to call themselves “admins,” it is a site to behold