moderating
Keeping things balanced
Moderating means making or becoming less extreme, intense, or severe.
A storm moderates as it weakens; opinions moderate as they move toward the center.
Someone moderating a debate or discussion guides it, keeping order and ensuring fair participation.
Online, moderating means reviewing content to enforce community standards: She spends hours moderating the forum.
Controlled heating and cooling
- curbingLimiting or restraining
- softeningBecoming less firm
- toning downLessening force or impact
- easingReducing strain or difficulty
lessening · reducing · mitigating · dampening · subduing · calming · quieting · diminishing
Facilitating conflict resolution
- arbitratingFormally resolving a dispute
- negotiatingDiscussing to reach agreement
- interveningComing between to affect
- reconcilingResolving a dispute
brokering · refereeing · adjudicating · presiding · chairing · hosting · guiding · steering
Adjusting for accuracy
- adjustingAltering to correct
- regulatingControlling by rules
- fine-tuningSmall precise optimization adjustments
- stabilizingMaking firm or constant
equalizing · evening out · counterbalancing · harmonizing · normalizing · optimizing · leveling · proportioning
Examining something again
- screeningEvaluative selection process
- filteringSelective passage of elements
- policingEnforcing laws officially
- monitoringOngoing observation of something
censoring · vetting · curating · approving · flagging · removing · blocking · editing
Not favoring any side
- unbiasedFree from prejudice
- objectivePurpose or goal
- impartialShowing no preference
- fairImpartial and unbiased
evenhanded · nonpartisan · dispassionate · detached · judicious · equitable · unprejudiced · disinterested
tempering
Controlled heating and cooling
- curbingLimiting or restraining
- softeningBecoming less firm
- toning downLessening force or impact
easing · lessening · reducing · mitigating · dampening · subduing · calming · quieting · diminishing · alleviating
mediating
Facilitating conflict resolution
- arbitratingFormally resolving a dispute
- negotiatingDiscussing to reach agreement
- interveningComing between to affect
reconciling · brokering · refereeing · adjudicating · presiding · chairing · hosting · guiding · steering · managing
calibrating
Adjusting for accuracy
- adjustingAltering to correct
- regulatingControlling by rules
- fine-tuningSmall precise optimization adjustments
stabilizing · equalizing · evening out · counterbalancing · harmonizing · normalizing · optimizing · leveling · proportioning · offsetting
reviewing
Examining something again
- screeningEvaluative selection process
- filteringSelective passage of elements
- policingEnforcing laws officially
monitoring · censoring · vetting · curating · approving · flagging · removing · blocking · editing · enforcing
neutral
Not favoring any side
fair · evenhanded · nonpartisan · dispassionate · detached · judicious · equitable · unprejudiced · disinterested · open-minded
- conferencesconference, symposium, conferences, keynote, forums
- decliningdeclining, waning, fading, diminishing, decreasing
- online actionsposting, click, commenting, tap, replying
- self-controlself-control, restraint, willpower, composure, temperance
- mediationarbitration, conciliation, peacemaking, facilitation, intercession
- restraintrestricting, limiting, containing, curtailing, reining in
moderatingintensifying
Increasing in strength
exacerbating · aggravating · escalating · amplifying · heightening
- in moderationWithin reasonable limits
- content moderationReviewing online submissions
- comment moderationScreening user submissions