Moderation charter

At Logora, as facilitators of online debate, our mission is to create the best possible discussion spaces. We want to offer our users the optimal conditions to express their ideas, defend them, but also understand and engage with other points of view.

To let our users enjoy an optimal debate experience, we created this guide. It will help you understand how to write arguments that best meet our relevance criteria, identify which type of content has no place on Logora debate spaces, and learn how our moderation system works.

Highlighting the best arguments

To encourage our participants to write the best possible contributions, the best arguments are showcased, displayed at the top of the debate space and at the foot of articles. Writing quality contributions also earns you points, which can lead the editorial team to invite you to write an op-ed or co-build an article.

The more relevant your argument is considered, the more it is highlighted. Some debates span thousands of articles: the most relevant contributions are placed at the foot of thousands of articles and seen by tens of thousands of readers.

Working on your argument lets you give your opinion a remarkable reach.

How to create a quality argument?

The Logora teams highlight the contributions that are:

1. the clearest and most understandable;
2. the richest, showing genuine reflection on the debate question;
3. the most courteous and considerate towards the community of participants.

If your argument is well built, it deserves to be heard. The underlying message and the thesis defended by participants are not taken into account when assessing the relevance of contributions.

Our moderation team operates with full neutrality: its judgment carries no value or ideological bias.

Rejecting unwanted content

As debate is at the heart of what we do, it matters to us that everyone can freely express their point of view. We do, however, want our platform to remain conducive to constructive, well-argued and quality debate.

Constructive criticism of the editorial line, of contributions or of article content is allowed. Example: "I disagree with you, on the contrary I think that…" is approved; "What nonsense" is rejected.

We know the topics addressed often touch on causes and values dear to our users, and that it is understandable to use strong words and a firm tone. Nevertheless, it is our duty, out of respect for the work of journalists and for the community of readers, to maintain debate spaces where the discourse stays cordial, respectful and constructive.

Consequently, the unwanted content described below is rejected by our teams.

Hateful content

1. Incitement to racial hatred, racist and xenophobic remarks.
2. Discriminatory remarks related to religion or spirituality.
3. Discriminatory remarks related to gender or sexual orientation.
4. Denial of crimes against humanity and of recognized genocides.
5. Content of a violent, pornographic or paedophilic nature.
6. Glorification of war crimes and/or terrorism.
7. Calls for murder and incitement to suicide.
8. Incitement to commit crimes or offences, glorification of narcotics.
9. The promotion of an organization recognized as a cult.
10. Discriminatory remarks related to the economic or social situation of a person or a group.
11. Stigmatizing generalizations attributing negative behaviors (delinquency, addictions) to a social group.

Personal attacks

1. Defamation.
2. Insults between users or towards a third party.
3. Personal attacks against one or more editors of the site hosting the debate space.
4. Breaches of privacy or of the presumption of innocence.
5. Identity theft.
6. Disregard for copyright and intellectual property.

Irrelevant or unreadable contributions

1. Crude or insulting contributions.
2. Contributions with no argument that simply paraphrase the vote.
3. Contributions containing too many spelling mistakes, judged unreadable.
4. Contributions containing too many emojis that disrupt reading.
5. Contributions lacking punctuation, making them confusing to read.
6. Contributions with excessive formatting (asterisks, dashes, hashes, bold, italics, underline) that disrupts reading.
7. Contributions whose structure makes them hard to read (inconsistent numbering, broken list hierarchy, disjointed layout).
8. Contributions containing unfinished sentences.
9. Contributions written entirely in capital letters.
10. Contributions unrelated to the debate topic.
11. Advertising messages.
12. Criticism of moderation (in case of disagreement, you can write to the moderation team: contact@logora.fr).

Irrelevant or advertising images

1. Crude or insulting images.
2. Advertising images.
3. Images promoting a political party, a religion or a community.

Sharing personal information

1. The publication of any sensitive personal information, such as phone numbers or addresses, in order to protect users' privacy.

Failure to comply with these rules may result in a warning from our team, a temporary ban from the spaces, or even account deletion in the event of repeated breaches.

Finally, users can report contributions that breach this charter using the "Report" feature available under each contribution. The Logora debate space is also what you make of it: help us maintain a quality debate.

How to submit a debate suggestion?

We attach great importance to your contributions, which is why we offer you the chance to suggest debates that matter to you. To ensure enriching and respectful exchanges, please follow these guidelines carefully.

• Neutrality: phrase your suggestions in a neutral and objective way, free of any bias.
• Openness to dialogue: make sure your suggestions are open to different interpretations, fostering a balanced debate.
• Closed question: ensure the proposed debate can be settled in a binary way (yes/no, for/against, Paris/Marseille).
• Readability: avoid spelling and grammar mistakes, as well as metaphors or idiomatic expressions, for a smooth read.
• Clarity: phrase your suggestions concisely, precisely and unambiguously.
• Relevance: address relevant and interesting topics to foster a fruitful exchange.
• Courtesy: do not use vulgar, insulting or abusive language.

Should this charter not be respected, we reserve the right not to publish your suggestion.

Our moderation method

Following the relevance rules listed above, our moderation is handled by an algorithm on the one hand and by moderation teams on the other.

To ensure debate runs smoothly, the algorithm sorts contributions strictly. If it can judge with certainty that a contribution is sound, it is accepted within seconds. When it suspects a possible breach of the rules, the contribution is "placed in the moderation queue" for review by our team, which studies it impartially before publication or rejection. As this part of the process is not handled by an algorithm, its duration can vary, from a few minutes up to 48 hours.

We ask users to respect this delay and to contact the moderation team only in case of disagreement about the moderation or of an excessive delay.

We constantly improve our process to shorten this handling time, which is necessary to maintain a quality debate space. If you run into a problem or wish to share remarks, criticism or suggestions, write to us at contact@logora.fr. Thank you for reading, and happy debating!