robomoderate

English

Etymology

From robo- +‎ moderate.

Verb

robomoderate (third-person singular simple present robomoderates, present participle robomoderating, simple past and past participle robomoderated)

1. (ambitransitive, computing) To robotically moderate (a discussion forum, etc.).
   • 1996 October 28, albert the panther, quoting Karen Lofstrom, “Something is rotten in the hawaii hierarchy”, in hawaii.config‎ (Usenet), archived from the original on 8 December 2025:

     One: robomoderate all the hawaii groups so that no crossposting is allowed. This would be fairly easy to do, and knock out lots of junk.

   • 1997 December 3, Henrietta Thomas, “Your opinion is important, Agusti. Was: Me meto donde no me llaman (sobre soc.culture.charnego)”, in news.groups‎ (Usenet), archived from the original on 8 December 2025:

     You will get NO votes from some news.groups regulars if you refuse to robomoderate against crossposts.

   • 2018 June 14, Bob Casanova, “Is this piece of trash yours?”, in talk.origins‎ (Usenet), archived from the original on 8 December 2025:

     T.o is robomoderated, one of the few (if not the only) group so moderated; the moderator only maintains the 'bot software and the server.

Related terms

• robomoderation
• robomoderator

See also

• automoderate