Let’s build a real world example base on the OMN tools set -indymeda instance/network
Looking at this very simply, they are two pools of data – trusted and moderated
– the trusted data is displayed on the site and flows out from the site as feeds.
– the moderated is displayed on a back end moderation/draft feed the mods of the site get to decide what to do with this content, to add it to trusted, to leave in draft/mod for consensus, to remove it.
The content that is trusted is unedited, though the long tail of metadata can be edited and updated by mods.
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