You can't always halt a flamewar w/1 raised eyebrow, but it rarely hurts to try. #osb15 #DWgoestoOSB

[azurelunatic]

Today I gave my Community Moderation: you can't always halt a flamewar with one raised eyebrow (but it rarely hurts to try) talk.

I have already identified things that I might do differently next time, but I think it went OK overall and I had a great chat with someone who is currently looking at the fact that one of her communities hasn't got any rules and right now it's an intentional community who all have the same general goals but if Things Happen they wouldn't know where to start.

I always recommend starting with rules or at least general concrete principles that you'd like the community to embody, for the record.

I had fun and I hope everyone else did too, and I sadly ran long enough that there wasn't much time for Q&A. My favorite under-discussed tool is hellbanning.

Comments

[silveradept]

It was an excellent talk, and I was glad to be able to hear it.

[azurelunatic]

I am super glad you were able to make it.