We have discussed the issue internally, and have decided on the following policy. We will also find a more prominent place to display our moderation policy soon.
Moderation policy for job postings
When taking decisions on how to moderate discussions about job postings on the forum, we try to act on principles which take the following positions of the community into account:
- Companies which offer Haskell jobs should have the possibility to announce their job offers in the “Jobs” subcategory, and they should be able to have a focused discussion on information which is relevant for prospective applicants.
- Companies which use Haskell and are involved in fields which are controversial should not be exempt from being criticized, and the Haskell discourse should be a place where a constructive discussion about the ethical implications of our activities is possible.
As moderators, it is important that we have clear guidelines which allow us to satisfy all of these community expectations, and which also allow us to take simple and efficient moderating decisions which are understandable and transparent, and follow guidelines which are clear to all. We therefore decided upon the following principles for job postings and discussions related to those job postings:
- We are currently not restricting the set of companies which can post job offerings.
- In the thread which is directly part of the job posting, only posts are considered on-topic which are directly relevant for prospective applicants, and the thread should not turn into a general discussion related to the company.
- However, prospective applicants are certainly interested in the fact that the company is controversial. If a discussion comes up, then we will split the discussion and create a separate thread “Controversy surrounding company” to which we will move all related comments. We will leave a link to that thread in the original job posting, so that users can find the discussion easily. All the rules regarding respectful communication still apply to those threads.
The Haskell Discourse moderation team