[haiku-web] Moderation in the forums

Hello there!

Anyone read the comments to the SOPA/PIPA story [1] on the website?

Let's not get into how the complaining user confuses governmental 
censorship with moderation in a private forum...

While I think that moderation may sometimes be necessary, the removal 
of a post must be a last resort. Seeing the "argumentation" and tone of 
voice in the above thread, I can imagine how polite the very 
complicated off-topic religion was probably handled in the bemoaned 
moderated thread.

My question is, can we moderate more visibly if we really have to?
I'd like to see information on who moderated a posting, what was the 
reason and - if there is such a thing - a link to an off-topic-forum 
somewhere else on the net, plus maybe a link to this mailinglist when 
people feel they are treated badly and want a second opinion.

Does our forum software allow for this kind moderation?
If not, I'd suggest to answer to a moderated comment with the above 
info before removing the offending posting.


While I won't be drawn into a discussion in the mentioned thread [1] - 
I don't waste my time with unpleasant people - I do think we should 
improve our moderation. I wasn't even aware threads were moderated for 
other reasons than spam. In that way I'm glad the topic came up...

Regards,
Humdinger


[1] http://www.haiku-os.org/news/2012-01-18_sopa_pipa_information#comments

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