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moderation

UK/ˌmɒdəˈɹeɪʃən/US/ˌmɑdəˈɹeɪʃən/
nounB2+2 meaningsOccasional — familiar, but not everyday · #9,452 of 15,258neutral

Other forms: moderations

Moderation is the work of removing posts that break the rules. Content moderation, a moderation queue, moderation policy.

It is done by people and by machines together, and the human part is difficult work with a real cost to those doing it. Where the line falls is the hardest question on the internet and nobody has answered it well. The older sense is avoiding extremes — everything in moderation.

Definitions of moderation

  1. 1nounmoderationThe work of removing posts that break the rules.B2+

    “Comments on this forum go through moderation before they appear on the page.”

  2. 2nounavoidanceThe avoidance of extremes.B2

    “Doctors say chocolate is fine in moderation.”

moderation is a restraining.

Where it comes from

by surface analysis, moderate + ion.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

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