Specifically, we looked at which behaviour attracts moderator interaction, which strategies they use to engage and how members react to moderation.In our reading, moderators engage with egregiously offensive behaviour (e.g., name-calling, personal derails, trolling, *-isms) by deleting the respective comments. In other cases, they remind members within threads of best practices (e.g., put in NSFW links when appropriate) and site guidelines (e.g., no rehashing of previously discussed topics) in a preventative mode.Moderators also engage with the community in more pro-active ways. They shape the discussions by bringing in their individual perspectives and they care. They point out that people should look for help if needed and where to find it, they show solidarity and they appreciate content posted by others.In interviews with some of the moderators, we could refine these themes and find out more about the tools they use (mostly flagging), their personal and collective strategies (turns out, everyone reads a lot of the comments), their understanding of the staff as a subcommunity on MetaFilter (with complementary roles between them) and how they conceptualise moderation from their perspective (instead of pulling up weeds, taking care of a fruit tree).We chose to look at MetaFilter because the quality of discourse here has been applauded when it comes to people discussing controversial topics on the internet and the moderators appear to be a core reason for the constructive conversations on the site.What we are currently missing is the more explicit opinion of the community. How do members experience moderation (also in context to other sites)? Do you think it’s fair? What are the points you especially appreciate or points you feel should be changed?Anything you might want to share here or via the MetaFilter Mail system is highly appreciated. Feel free to MeFiMail me directly. We’ll monitor this thread as well and will also answer any questions you may have about our research. Comments made here are considered public and will be subject to paraphrasing and anonymisation as quotations in academic publications. Contributions sent via MeFiMail are treated as confidential unless indicated otherwise.