What Is Content Moderation?

Moderation is essentially keeping an eye on content in a space — and taking action when it's needed — to help make sure that the content is appropriate. For example, if discussion posts in the space could become contentious, you might want to review them before they're visible to other people. The same could be true if content could contain sensitive information.

So what a content moderator includes the following:

• Approves or rejects content before it's visible to others. When moderation is on for content in a particular context, attempts to publish that content send the content to a moderation queue, where moderators can review it.
• Reviews abuse reports. When abuse reporting is on, people can click a Report Abuse link to tell moderators that a particular piece of content might be abusive. This could include content that has language inappropriate to the community.
• Acts on content as needed to adjust how content is available in the community.