Strategies of online moderation
This is a space for studying strategies of moderation in groups that conduct some or all of their communications online. The principal content of this wiki is a proposed "pattern language" -- a description of the common patterns of these moderation systems -- for developers to consider when deploying or altering social software.
Web2.0 is a term used loosly to describe a set of technologies, and their usage patterns, which shift the focus of user activity on the web from consumption to participation.
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