One of the biggest surprises of my tenure at El Reg so far is the activity in our forums and article comments. Reg readers are engaged, opinionated, and unafraid to express themselves. I love this. Thank you for reading, and for commenting.

But I recently saw a critique that we were in danger of letting the forums become a Nazi bar. I'm familiar with the concept , as well as Godwin's Law . We don't want that here. We want a community where people can be unafraid to express themselves – particularly about our main topic of coverage, which is technology – but that doesn't feel like wading through a cesspool. Moderation is an art. It is also vital.

Register editors are responsible for moderating, and we have many other duties as well, so please bear with us if we don't get to moderation rig

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