Assignment 7.2.2: Be the moderator!

Read the 3 comments below, and identify your moderation strategy (hide/ignore/reply). Then, for each comment, answer the following questions:

1. Why did you choose to use that specific moderation technique?
2. What do you expect the user’s response will be to the use of that technique?
3. Could you have used another moderation technique? If yes, how would that have changed the user’s response?

In a response to an article about female genital mutilation, the following comments were made:

• 1: “Excision is part of our culture and it will remain so for ever.”
• 2: “I think that’s normal, to avoid that we get too many bitches and unfaithfulness on earth.”

In response to an article about intimate partner violence, the following comment was made:

• 3: “He wants improvement in you. He is the second man of your life’s possession after your father. So give him what he wants.”