SocialMod – Moderation Service

Whether you’re building a new website, or want to manage your community more effectively – moderation is a common requirement.

Unfortunately computers haven’t got to the stage where they can recognize libelous/offensive images – so UGC often has to get passed in front of a human moderator to get an accurate verdict.

People often build moderation systems from scratch – even though it’s quite a generic problem. Today we’re officially announcing SocialMod – a comprehensive hosted moderation system that prevents you from reinventing the wheel.

The idea is simple; you send any images/videos and text to SocialMod using the API. Once they’ve been moderated, you get a verdict back.

For example, a user uploads an image to your website. Your site then automatically submits it to SocialMod and, once the image has been moderated, you can then display it publicly (if it passed moderation).

Or, if your traffic is even higher, you could just submit an item to SocialMod when it gets ‘flagged’ by your community. Have a look at my previous post on moderation types for more information.

So who actually does the moderation? Well, there are three choices:

• You or your team. You can add extra users to your account and they can perform the moderation.
• Your community. SocialMod can be embedded into your site and you can give trusted members of your community access.
• Us. If you choose one of the automated plans, we’ll do all the moderation.

There’s much more to SocialMod, such as spam & profanity filters, referral, audit trails, reports and Twitter integration. We’ll be blogging about some of these in the near future.

If you’re interested in participating in the beta, let us know. We’ll be launching shortly.