re: #500 Sharmuta

Well- on a large site like that, it would be expected the administrators might need some help- that’s what “report abuse” functions are for. So the problem isn’t needing help in moderating, it’s that the people reading aren’t aware there is a problem or the moderators don’t.

Either way- it’s a problem that stems from a lackadaisical view of hosting comments, imo. If they can’t handle the responsibility to provide a forum with decency, why are they hosting a forum at all?

It is a “bad tree, bad fruit” situation. A responsible journal would shut down or pre-moderate a forum which attracted so many vile posts. This is not an isolated case.