The community forum of the weekly Die Zeit has an imho great moderation system: Instead of deleting posts the mods change the content.
For posts completey bogus/hateful/deletable the remainder is something like
[removed, against our community guidelines. the mod team]
But many comments are edited, say a long rant is shortened.
Ceterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam [shortened, hateful and out of scope. the mod team]
Could do without the pretentious Latin, but I like this.
At first I used lorem ipsum as placeholder, but I wanted a realistical beginning of a useless and boring rant. Cato fitās the bill 
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Pretentious? Itās the third most common language taught in German schools.
I get a hard copy of Die Zeit, but Iāve noticed that Der Spiegel has limits to its patience:
Dear readers,
Unlike many other articles on SPIEGEL ONLINE, you will find no forum under this text. Unfortunately so many inappropriate, offensive or litigable forum posts reach us on this topic that a scrupulous moderation according to our netiquette rules becomes almost impossible. For this reason, only selected articles on this subject have a forum. We appreciate your understanding.
The comment sections of most mass media sites are toxic, one of the reasons why Iām here and not somewhere else.
Maybe I shouldnāt have mentioned the name of the site at all, because I wanted to describe an imo good moderation system and not the connected community.
We need a feature like that for gamer and gun threads.
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I wouldnāt be surprised if you werenāt the only person flagging that discussion. I flagged a similar discussion myself, maybe it was the same one 
But yeah, I find it hard to flag if Iām convinced the asshole on the other side really does believe whatever crazy/misogynistic/sexist/racist/just plain wrong thing (s)heās saying. Iāll flag somebody because they wonāt come out and say the horrible thing theyāre so smugly hinting at, thatās just makes the comment a troll, but I guess Iām fine with engaging with people I donāt always agree with.
I donāt think Iāve ever flagged a post unless it was obviously spam (e.g., make $5,000 a month stuffing envelopes!).
Itās the internet. People are going to be offensive. What I can control is to not read the post, not respond, stop following the thread if thatās what it takes. A useful and portable life skillā¦not that Iām an expert yet, but at least Iām working on it!
Having said that, I know that Iām a Tough Old Broadā¢ who has lost something precious in becoming so insensitive to maliciousness. So my way is probably not the best for a civilized forum.
Itās really Great Old Broads, and my cousin is a memberā¦the cousin who once pulled me back up into the whitewater raft one-handed when we were going through rapids and I was being stupid on the gunwale, in her late 60s!
(Is that real? Are they on OKCupid?)
Sheās in her late 80s now, so probably not looking for a young stud (when was the last time someone called you THAT?).
Still a fabulous person. Iām proud to be related to her!
And yes, itās a real group.
First. Time.
And now my derailing is finished.
I for one am fine with this, I know this thread exists because there are people who disagree, thatās fine too, just saying that I accept this compromise.
Certain keywords in the title and over 100 replies is all the warning I need.
Yeah I want to stay away, but then I am also like āooooh trainwreckā probably one of the reasons I got regular status.
Mabe we need a ābanana-fy this topicā button for each user, so we can just look at it, and not have reply buttons till you turn it off at the top of the thread?
Whereās @awjt when we need him?
Iād have gone with any of Ciceroās tedious self-congratulation around Catiline. 
Would disemvowelling be worth considering instead of deletion?
Hahaha NOPE
True. All the more reason not to ban a regular forever, unless something really extreme happens.
No, it wouldnāt. Since the toxic waste would still be there, stinking up the joint.
