post-moderation
post-moderation noun: the practice of moderating comments after they appear online, with the goal of removing the publication of offensive or dangerous material while allowing discussions to occur in real time.
Noun
post-moderation (uncountable)
- The practice of moderating comments after they appear online, with the goal of removing the publication of offensive or dangerous material while allowing discussions to occur in real time.
- "We can't completely lock down creativity," says founder Michael Acton Smith, "But nor can we allow the Wild West. So we use tools like software filtering, pre-moderation and post-moderation and we track every communication on the site."2010 September 8, Milo Yiannopoulos, “Moshi Monsters is leading the way on child safety”, in The Telegraph
- Antonyms:
- pre-moderation
Antonyms of post-moderation
Forms of post-moderation
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Origin of post-moderation
From post- + moderation.
Questions about post-moderation
- What does post-moderation mean?
- Post-moderation means the practice of moderating comments after they appear online, with the goal of removing the publication of offensive or dangerous material while allowing discussions to occur in real time.
- What part of speech is post-moderation?
- Post-moderation is a noun.
Words near post-moderation in the dictionary
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