Quote Originally Posted by Marco View Post
Following a mention by AK a while back, I have been 'watching over the fence' a cycling forum he mentioned. They seem to make a right mess of moderation, allowing offensive threads and posts whilst removing perfectly reasonable ones that question it. It's so bad that their moderation needs moderation, as it's very one-sided and biased.

Asking a perfectly reasonable question should not be moderated. Likewise, I believe it is not offensive to say you believe someone is wrong, if you can, and do, produce information that supports that view.
I don't think I have ever been moderated (apart from by myself deleting stuff upon rereading it).

This is probably because I only ever submit bland, benign and uplifting posts.

Or it may be triumphal evidence of the common sense of the moderators - who remember that online media is ephemeral and so even less important than the newspapers that eventual wrap tomorrow's fish 'n' chips.