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Many words about site moderation have been posted in the thread.. Who here has actually moderate(s|d) a forum/chat site?

>>archo+(OP)
Some of us have, you will find. (-:

But, that said, I'm more interested in the discussions about verification, neutrality, and the reasons that people have for still clinging on for grim death that, in a few hours, will likely be pushed down onto a second page by that huge comment thread currently in the middle of this page and above them.

>>archo+(OP)
I have, for about 20 years. I empathise with @dang's methods and explanations here. e.g., don't disclose a blocklist, use shadowbanning, don't get dragged down by pedantic responses to explanations. You're often one person against many trolls finding grey areas for sport, or spammers (automated or otherwise) probing defences.

>>prawn+P2
I am in total agreement with you, keeping the noise/damage of nefarious scammers, spammers, hacker/pranksters,

attempting to penetrating the site requires ALL the tools in the toolbox.

>>archo+(OP)
Me also! Though I have tried to avoid it, somehow I get to be admin for many many years!

And I'm feeling HN's position, even though I occasionally trip some of the mechanisms here.