Messageboard at Setti mainpage had to be changed to moderated when there started to be too much stupid one-liners. The difference between from page 388 backwards to onwards is like day and night. Stupid messages completely disappeared. There are still stupid people who post stupid messages but it is relieving to know that they don’t get published.

Not all members are moderated though. Currently there are handulf of players who have proved to be able to write something sensible every now and then. Currently not moderated users (who are still active) on mboard are:

  • muck
  • EchO
  • diak
  • Hattori Hanzo

Also admins and some others who have not posted anything for ages are not moderated. Those who are not moderated can see the informative message:

Your messages are not moderated. Your post will show immediately.

Users who are moderated see the message:

Your message must be approved before others can see it. Your message will be in waiting state before it is either approved or disapproved.

If you look for messages that not-moderated members have posted you might get the idea why admins can trust that they don’t post anything stupid. That is, there is no need for moderation. Unfortunately there are just a few such members.

It doesn’t mean that all the other members or their posts are stupid but it’s just that these are just not needed, not even once. Unfortunate reality is that if moderation is removed from some members then that kind of posts will increase.

Also commenting on these blog entries is moderated. However mboard moderation system beats this moderation hands down. Whenever new comment is posted for example on this post the comment disappears. It’s as if there was some error. Not a single bit of information that the comment has been succesfully sent and must be approved before displaying. I added the moderation info in the layout some time ago.