{"id":23650,"date":"2011-08-18T16:07:58","date_gmt":"2011-08-18T16:07:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sasstrology.com\/?p=27224"},"modified":"2011-08-18T16:07:58","modified_gmt":"2011-08-18T16:07:58","slug":"a-note-on-forum-moderation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/astrologyblogger.com\/?p=23650","title":{"rendered":"A Note on Forum Moderation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I wanted to thank those members who have been flagging content they deem inappropriate, as it helps me to weed out comments that bring down the community.<\/p>\n<p>One troll who left racist\/misogynistic\/abusive comments was banned. <\/p>\n<p>I do want to note that just because someone leaves feedback that you do not like, those comments are not a violation of Community Guidelines. Although there is a tight-knit group of regulars, new members join the forum regularly, and they will obviously not be familiar with everyone&#8217;s back stories. It does little good to attack someone for just voicing their honest opinion. If you really want to keep &#8220;outsiders&#8221; from participating in a conversation (especially when it feels like you are just updating your friends), it is best to create a private group for those purposes. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==\" fifu-lazy=\"1\" fifu-data-sizes=\"auto\" fifu-data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sasstrology.com\/?ak_action=api_record_view&id=27224&type=feed&ssl=1&w=75&resize=75&ssl=1 75w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sasstrology.com\/?ak_action=api_record_view&id=27224&type=feed&ssl=1&w=100&resize=100&ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sasstrology.com\/?ak_action=api_record_view&id=27224&type=feed&ssl=1&w=150&resize=150&ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sasstrology.com\/?ak_action=api_record_view&id=27224&type=feed&ssl=1&w=240&resize=240&ssl=1 240w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sasstrology.com\/?ak_action=api_record_view&id=27224&type=feed&ssl=1&w=320&resize=320&ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sasstrology.com\/?ak_action=api_record_view&id=27224&type=feed&ssl=1&w=500&resize=500&ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sasstrology.com\/?ak_action=api_record_view&id=27224&type=feed&ssl=1&w=640&resize=640&ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sasstrology.com\/?ak_action=api_record_view&id=27224&type=feed&ssl=1&w=800&resize=800&ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sasstrology.com\/?ak_action=api_record_view&id=27224&type=feed&ssl=1&w=1024&resize=1024&ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sasstrology.com\/?ak_action=api_record_view&id=27224&type=feed&ssl=1&w=1280&resize=1280&ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sasstrology.com\/?ak_action=api_record_view&id=27224&type=feed&ssl=1&w=1600&resize=1600&ssl=1 1600w\" fifu-data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sasstrology.com\/?ak_action=api_record_view&id=27224&type=feed&ssl=1\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<div style='display:none' id=\"post-refEl-27224\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I wanted to thank those members who have been flagging content they deem inappropriate, as it helps me to weed out comments that bring down the community. 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