Discourse - nannying software or empowering the poster?

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Discourse is designed to support a lot of community moderation:

The Discourse Hobbyist Bar Club

Oh, and because I complain a lot, can i say that i freaking love the member moderation. We don’t really use it on the straight dope. And it might be problematic here, because it would be such a huge culture change. But I’m posting on a new board that picked up a lot of the users of a recently killed board. And it’s been great. We have a poster who’s a member of a vulnerable minority. And when she sees something that feels to her like hate speech, she can make it go away, right away. Yes, somet…