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Moderation rule requirements for the BITuser Forum

Angela Battisto

Director of Operations

BuildingGreen, Inc.

LEEDuser Premium Member

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April 27, 2018

Hi all,

BG WebDev needs to clarify the Forum comment moderation rules you would like us to put in place. We do not require moderation for premium users in our LEEDuser forum unless they include a link in their submitted topic or comment. In this case, we hold the publication of the comment in moderation until we can make sure the link is ok to post.

All BITuser users will be premium (paid) users. Are there any moderation rules you would like us to implement, similar to the example explained above?

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Jenny Carney

Vice President

WSP

LEEDuser Expert

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Tue, 05/01/2018 - 13:00

Hi Angela, Can you give us a rough sense of how much work (e.g., hours per week?) it takes to perform the moderation of links for LEEDuser premium users? It seems like a good strategy to do that type of check, but I think it will likely fall to Southface to do such moderation (right?), so it will be important to get a handle on the level of effort.

Angela Battisto

Director of Operations

BuildingGreen, Inc.

LEEDuser Premium Member

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Tue, 05/01/2018 - 19:13

Hi Jenny, The person who moderates LEEDuser comments isn't here today. I will speak with her tomorrow to get a sense, so I can answer your questions. Thanks for getting back to me.

Angela Battisto

Director of Operations

BuildingGreen, Inc.

LEEDuser Premium Member

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Thu, 05/03/2018 - 12:59

Hi again, Jenny, I spoke with our staff member who moderates the LEEDuser forum. She said, on average, link moderation takes about an hour a week. Very little time. Let me know if you have any other questions.

Nadav Malin

CEO

Green Commons, LLC

LEEDuser Expert

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Thu, 05/03/2018 - 13:10

As long as the forum will be open only to registered BIT users, I’d suggest not having any moderation initially. It adds an extra step, and causes a delay in the release of any post with a link. If abuse turns out to be an issue, you can always turn it on later.

Jenny Carney

Vice President

WSP

LEEDuser Expert

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Sun, 05/13/2018 - 20:16

I think Nadav's suggestion to go without moderation to start is sensible, and then revisit if needed. Shane - does that make sense to you? Or, is an hour a week a small enough lift to justify the moderation step?

Shane Totten

Program Director, Research + Incubation

Southface

LEEDuser Premium Member

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Mon, 05/14/2018 - 17:43

Let’s go without it for now. As long as we can intervene in posts as required, I think we’re good unless the need for moderation becomes regular. Thanks. M. Shane Totten, AIA, LEED AP BD+C Program Director, Research + Incubation office: 404.604.3588 Fro