Moderation

Introduction
A moderator is a person who has the responsibility for checking online posts on a forum, bulletin board or chat room. They are there to help users, but also to make sure that inappropriate posts are not published.

Task
Imagine you are the moderator of an online forum. Which of the following posts would you block as being inappropriate? (a) A spam message promoting a product (b) An argument between 2 different users (c) A post which is all in CAPS (i.e. shouting) (d) A post littered with swear words (e) A post with a link to another website (f) A post with racist comments