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Note: The following policy has been in use for several years; now it is publicly posted policy.
When a thread starts showing signs of escalation — usually tone, wording, or repetition rather than the actual subject — the forum may apply temporary post-review as part of a broader de-escalation approach.
This simply means that the account involved is placed on moderation status. New posts from the account must be approved by a moderator before they appear publicly. Moderators may apply post-review without prior notice when needed to keep a discussion from escalating further.
Post-review is a light-touch measure. It’s not a punishment, it’s not about who’s “right,” and it’s not based on viewpoint or technical opinion. Disagreement is expected here. What post-review does is slow things down a bit so a discussion doesn’t spill over into other threads or turn into a bigger mess to clean up later.
This approach reflects moderation practices that have been used and refined here (and elsewhere) for a long time. It’s deliberately used before any stronger action is considered, and in most cases it’s temporary.
Once things settle, post-review is lifted and normal posting resumes. Nothing more to it than that.
The goal is simple: keep discussions open, useful, and civil, with as little intervention as possible.
Note that all new accounts are fully moderated by default. This is for spam prevention, not de-escalation.
Lastly, we still are looking for assistance with moderation. Click here!
De-Escalation and Post-Review Policy
From time to time forum discussions can heat up. That’s normal on an active forum, and disagreement by itself is not a problem.When a thread starts showing signs of escalation — usually tone, wording, or repetition rather than the actual subject — the forum may apply temporary post-review as part of a broader de-escalation approach.
This simply means that the account involved is placed on moderation status. New posts from the account must be approved by a moderator before they appear publicly. Moderators may apply post-review without prior notice when needed to keep a discussion from escalating further.
Post-review is a light-touch measure. It’s not a punishment, it’s not about who’s “right,” and it’s not based on viewpoint or technical opinion. Disagreement is expected here. What post-review does is slow things down a bit so a discussion doesn’t spill over into other threads or turn into a bigger mess to clean up later.
This approach reflects moderation practices that have been used and refined here (and elsewhere) for a long time. It’s deliberately used before any stronger action is considered, and in most cases it’s temporary.
Once things settle, post-review is lifted and normal posting resumes. Nothing more to it than that.
The goal is simple: keep discussions open, useful, and civil, with as little intervention as possible.
Note that all new accounts are fully moderated by default. This is for spam prevention, not de-escalation.
Lastly, we still are looking for assistance with moderation. Click here!
