# Does What Exit's heavy-handed moderation in the Ukraine war thread improve it or degrade it?

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**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2023, 9:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-what-exits-heavy-handed-moderation-in-the-ukraine-war-thread-improve-it-or-degrade-it/983368/56 "2023-07-05T09:59:38Z")

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Its a judgement call. The subject mattered little, the number of posts and directions it was going is why I shut it down.

The staff notices were because of the many complaints someone posted as they didn’t see the modnote.

That thread is at times like herding cats.

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