Questions were you ever wondered: "What is a moderator? 'But actually answer it is much more difficult than it might seem at first glance.
Job?No, because there is no such faculty or specialization in higher education not only in our country but around the world.Hobbies?Also unlikely, because the direction of demand and considered necessary post on websites and forums.
need only create an online resource dedicated to finding a job, as a declaration that the moderator is required site almost immediately gets into the field of view.
And what is that?Let's try to understand together.
Section 1. What is a moderator?The relevance of this direction
First of all, it should be noted, the name comes from the Latin word moderor, which translated into Russian means "to restrain" or "moderating."That is to say that this particular computer user who has more authority than all the rest of the public network resources, to which include forums, chat rooms and ekhokonferentsii.
Moderator has the right to remove or edit others' messages and, if necessary, to cancel the page and limit the rights of certain members to view or edit the resource.
It should be noted here that I have listed only the most basic tasks, and, in principle, each site has its own, more specific list of duties and powers.
Section 2. What is the moderator and the types of moderation
In general, the approval can be done in several ways.
- moderated allows controlling the contents of messages before they will be published on the site.Moderator checks and, if necessary, corrects spelling and punctuation errors, duly complemented message, executes it, and only then make a decision about publishing.Sometimes content is simply removed.This type usually used in the official resources of the company, or in online communities dedicated to specific topics.The advantage is that the forum does not resemble a garbage dump.However, those shortcomings include the possibility to subjectivity on the part of the moderator and low efficiency.
- Postmoderatsiya allows you to control the content after its publication.Such messages appear much faster, but also increases the probability of hitting a number of spam and flood.Moderator is on such sites have to be present all the time.
- Automatic moderation.In this case, the participants vote "for" or "against" messages, as well as pre-built automatic filters and rules.Subjectivity moderator is absent, and articles posted on the site fairly quickly.Still need special software to be implemented by the vote and filtering.
Section 3. What is a moderator?Types of modern moderators
So, reading the contents of this article, you are convinced that your site requires a moderator?Well, it is quite the right decision, but may I ask: what exactly, because today they number several types?
enumerate basic:
- Forum moderator.As a rule, for this purpose we will need a few people, because in a short time will have to remove certain posts or threads in general, edit written, close the debate, or, on the contrary, to recognize their importance and move to the top of the list.
- Moderator ekhokonferentsii announces some very emotional warning users or forbids them to express their opinions, are set to "read only."
- Moderator newsgroups - important person at any news site.All news feed passes through it, and it was he who decides on further publication.
- Moderator chat.As a rule, the man follows the progress of discussions and removes users who violate the rules of communication.Some online resources of this type of message is received by the moderator, and only after that will appear in the film chat.
