It takes a jerk to make a conversation into an archive

Bullard, Julia

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Title

It takes a jerk to make a conversation into an archive

Author(s)

Bullard, Julia

Issue Date

2013-02

Keyword(s)

• Online communities
• Moderation
• Censorship
• Archives
• Information organization
• Knowledge management
• Social and community informatics

Abstract

This preliminary study examines an online community’s open censorship moderation practice, revealing a concern for the quality of the archive produced by discussion board discourse. Moderator comments in a censorship sub-forum are examined to determine the rationale behind otherwise vague published rules. Instead of motivating participation with supportive administration strategies, the strict moderation practices in the elitistjerks.com (EJ) forums intervene in conversations in ways that prioritize the intelligibility and accessibility of the archive by being a “jerk” to bad contributors.

Publisher

iSchools

Type of Resource

text

Language

en

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http://hdl.handle.net/2142/39975

DOI

https://doi.org/10.9776/13284

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Copyright © 2013 is held by the authors. Copyright permissions, when appropriate, must be obtained directly from the authors.

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