# Discourse - nannying software or empowering the poster? **URL:** \ **Category:** Site Feedback\ **Created:** [May 25, 2021, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discourse-nannying-software-or-empowering-the-poster/942901 "2021-05-25T18:39:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 29
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2021, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discourse-nannying-software-or-empowering-the-poster/942901/29 "2021-05-31T11:36:47Z")
Discourse is designed to support a lot of community moderation: > [@The Discourse Hobbyist Bar Club](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-discourse-hobbyist-bar-club/942298/14): > > 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… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discourse-nannying-software-or-empowering-the-poster/942901)._