Oct 15, 2026, 4:32 PM@mhoye Thanks.
Going off a quick read, it seems like a lot of its underlying thesis is in the direction that if you have to moderate someone in one spot, odds are they've been up to antisocial nonsense in several, and you might want to act on them without having to individually find and adjudicate them. That tracks - but am I reading it right?
Oct 15, 2026, 4:33 PM@mhoye (The background radiation of most moderation on the internet is to treat each incident as a one-off; tooling for addressing repeat customers is frequently weak)
Oct 15, 2026, 4:41 PM@owen During my full-time involvement, it was still true that moderators had to generally keep track of disparate acts across forums, and communicate appropriately.
Early on, this was a lot of administrative work for me - most abusers get away with it by being perfectly nice to most people - but after a while I'd built up enough credibility that people came to value the safety of their colleagues in other fora very highly.