Posts Tagged ‘post-moderation’
I can’t let today pass without celebrating a major – and it has to be said long overdue – step forward for the Sunderland Echo. From this momentous Monday all comments on our website will be post-moderated, allowing registered users to log on and say whatever they like without their thoughts being queued (sometimes for days) [...]
Controversial comment sparked newsroom debate
November 20, 2009 in Behind the headlines
Tags: comments, Ethics, journalism, post-moderation, pre-moderation, racism, Sunderland Echo
Post-moderation of user comments is now the accepted safest practice for journalists. Pre-moderation opens us up to the risk of letting through an offensive or libelous comment in error, effectively endorsing it through our approval process. But there’s still confusion and differing opinions about how we should treat comments we don’t like once they go live. This [...]