To my friends who are moderators

[thevirtualjim]

I was asked to co-moderate a FB group about veganism that exploded to over 600 members in about 3 weeks. I really have no idea how to reign in the randomness on this FB group (the mod who asked me to join and myself DO need to set a better focus on the topics

Comments

[jcholewa]

Should pretty simple. Just put together a binary list of what post content is acceptable and what is not. Then write down the nots somewhere publicly accessible and obvious. Very kindly and informatively reply the first time someone writes something that's in violation (and delete the violating matter), and kick them out the second time

[jcholewa]

Clarification: The Monsanto and party examples I gave would be things that are *NOT* acceptable, even though they seem on-topic on the surface. This is because they are essentially policial trolls that potentially drag down the group into a mud-slinging contest.