Sunday, June 15, 2025

Moderation is Like a Box of Chocolates

You never really know what you gonna get. Last evening I got a high 5 type msg a about my post "all is well that ends well". A few hours later I got another msg... that same post had been hidden as spam. 

 I'm old enough to know that spam comes in a can and was something you ate... or maybe you preferred treet... They did advertise spam quite a bit back in the day but that's not why I'm here... I'm here to call out bias in the moderation on this site... and it is the primary reason I created fixingnextdoor.com 

 A lot of time talking to the Robo dude about the whole thing... Yes I've lived alone for 25 years now and a little bit crazy... This site has so much potential but it is also the source of a lot of angst... So what do you want... you want spam or you want treet... just be glad there is not a bean bag in your horse food. 

 It appears the only realistic option for addressing the moderation issue is arbitration. That’s right. If you’ve got a dispute with them — whether it’s about unfair moderation, wrongful account suspension, or just plain unequal treatment — you can demand binding arbitration through the American Arbitration Association (AAA). You skip the courtroom circus, skip the lawyer bills, and put it in front of a neutral third party. 

Part of the problem is there is no real avenue for addressing moderation or moderators with an agenda. So if you’ve had a run-in with nextdoor moderation... or you’re just ready to swap spam for something with a little more substance... you’re not alone. 

We’ve got tools. 
We’ve got stories. 
We’ve got Robo Dude. 
Let’s fix what’s fixable… and mock what isn’t. Let me know what you think

1 comment:

  1. It appears I was seriously misguided when I thought arbitration might be a useful tool... even ross had to laugh when he saw that... arbitration is about as toothless as the moderators on this site... and they wouldn't know a good idea if it ran over them like a runaway freight train. So stay tuned... help is on the way.

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