Used in a Sentence

moderated

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for moderated.

Editorial note

In practice, Reddit is moderated, it’s just that the moderation within a forum is carried out by the very people arguing with each other.

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Quick take

having elements or qualities mixed in proper or suitable proportions; especially made less severe

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of moderated gathered in one view.

adjective

having elements or qualities mixed in proper or suitable proportions; especially made less severe

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for moderated.

adjective

having elements or qualities mixed in proper or suitable proportions; especially made less severe

Example sentences

1

In practice, Reddit is moderated, it’s just that the moderation within a forum is carried out by the very people arguing with each other.

2

Slashdot.org is a bit quieter, but better moderated and in general a higher level of knowledge.

3

Slashdot is differently moderated, but the overall comment quality (and s/n level within threads in general) is considerably lower than here.

4

There are some parts of Reddit that are really great, but those tend to be the parts that are mercilessly moderated.

5

There are hundreds of good subreddits that are strictly moderated and harassment is not allowed.

6

The content of Reddit is provided by, moderated by, and upvoted by the users.

7

Fortunately, this reactor was moderated by water, so after the incident, all the water was gone and the nuclear reaction stopped by itself.

8

By the standards of US prime time television, almost all of Reddit would need to be on UR, even the heavily moderated parts.

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I think they are probably one of the best moderated and one of the most intelligent groups of fans spacex has.

10

The way content gets moderated always remains the same.

11

The article also ignores the fact that Pao didn't fire Taylor, and that the issue of how AMAs were going to be moderated was in Ohanian's portfolio, not hers.

12

I have no idea how Reddit should be moderated.

Quote examples

1

I'm an internet "veteran", I've seen over the years the rise and fall of moderated and unmoderated social networks starting back at Usenet.

2

When "relevancy" algorithms are attempted they don't do nearly as good a job at serving niche groups as "community" moderated algorithms such as HN.

3

Likely a good intuition, although I think it would depend on whether "moderated" means that after deliberation the moderators decided that HN was not the right forum to discuss your post, or whether a small minority of individual users decided that the discussion should be removed from the site.

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Like I wrote, mine is a very common story that I hope will have a common ending too, but a good one: "And he kept the drinking social and moderated, and never again used it as a crouch".

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use moderated in a sentence?

In practice, Reddit is moderated, it’s just that the moderation within a forum is carried out by the very people arguing with each other.

What does moderated mean?

having elements or qualities mixed in proper or suitable proportions; especially made less severe

What part of speech is moderated?

moderated is commonly used as adjective.