Replies to post #207426 on The Question and Answer Board (IHUB)

[IH Admin [Shelly]]

They're not set in stone and we really would like input from the community before we suggest what we think. We are not modeling if after any one other social media site. In general, people for the most part, I think, can move between social media sites without considering "now, what do the rules of this site say?". It's not even a thought to them.

When you said you'd prefer not to have rules like FB and TWTR, it would be great if you kind of summed up what that actually means to you. For example, I shy away from some social media communities when the discussion is a bombardment of political comments which are often fringe or extreme.

[IH Geek [Dave]]

People unfamiliar with iHub but active in other mainstream social media sites come here and 1) don't understand the organizational structure of message boards vs a "feed" structure that is the commonplace approach now, and 2) are bewildered by many of the reasons for which posts get removed.

There are updates to the layout forthcoming to address the first point.

As to the 2nd point, content moderation at any scale is hard, period. Each and every moderation action or inaction makes someone happy and pisses off someone else. It's the nature of the beast. Socially acceptable norms change over time. We do recognize that and that there is no right answer that will appease everyone. For every person that thinks there should be less content curation, there is someone who thinks there should be more. And it usually hinges upon which side of any particular topic they favor.