Moderation Guidelines

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Objectives

The core objectives of moderation are to:

  1. Maintain a constructive and respectful community aligned with our Community Standards
  2. Keep discussions productive and organized
  3. Prevent disruption and misinformation

Our @community_moderators are community leaders who are entrusted to take up this important task. They are expected to:

  1. Act impartially
  2. Prioritize community wellbeing
  3. Lead by example

Moderation isn’t just the job of Community Moderators—it’s a shared commitment. Our guidelines provide a framework, but the real strength of this community lies in each member’s willingness to contribute positively, respectfully, and thoughtfully.

Moderation Tools

Community Flags

We encourage community members to flag any post that needs to be handled by moderators. Posts that receive multiple community flags will be automatically hidden.

Community Moderator’s Tools

Community Moderators may use any of the moderation tools at their discretion when circumstances arise, including:

  1. Edit and organize topics

    • When a topic’s title, description, tags, and category do not meet the standards of Marketplace Guidelines and forum convention

  2. Close Topics

    • When a topic has outlived its usefulness and become unproductive (e.g., replies are beating a dead horse)
    • When Community Moderators need more time to review a topic

  3. Activate Slow Mode

  4. Unlist Topics

    • When a Marketplace topic does not comply with Marketplace Guidelines (e.g., non-compliant titles or exceeding the number of topics allowed)
    • When a topic is inconsistent with the forum’s intended use or otherwise does not follow our community norms
    • When Marketplace topics expire

  5. Move Off-Topic Posts

    • When the off-topic conversion is coherent and productive enough to become its own topic → move to a newly created independent topic
    • When the off-topic posts are incoherent rambling → move to Off-Topic Landfill

  6. Hide/Delete Posts

    • Spam
    • Unregistered businesses
    • Political content (no-politics rule)
    • Trolling
    • Illegal, abusive, explicit, or hateful content

No-Politics Rule

While we encourage nuanced, fact-based conversations about policies that impact our members, we draw the line at discussions that become politically charged or divisive.

There’s a distinction between constructive policy discussions and disruptive political comments.

✓ Acceptable Discussions:

  • Objective analysis of economic policies
  • Factual discussions about legislative impacts
  • Rational exploration of economic or regulatory topics
  • Civil and thoughtful discussions that contribute to the community positively

✗ Not Allowed:

  • Partisan rhetoric
  • Personal attacks based on political affiliations
  • Offensive stereotypes about political groups
  • Inflammatory rhetoric targeting specific parties or politicians
  • Derogatory comments that reduce individuals to their political beliefs
  • Discussions that escalate into heated, unproductive arguments
  • Name-calling of any kind

Offenders will be warned, silenced, followed by suspension. Please respect our community rules and other members who share this space.

User Accountability

Depending on the user’s disruption to the community, @admins may:

  1. Send an official warning via private message
  2. Silence the user
  3. Suspend the user

Appeal

We generally defer to our Community Moderators for their moderation decisions. If you believe a particular moderation action should be revisited, you can private message @admins. We may revisit the decision by discussing with Community Moderators on a case-by-case basis.

Last Updated: March 26, 2025

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