Content moderation on Th3rdPlace is conducted through a multi-layered, community-driven approach. First, we require users to use school email to authenticate themselves as the first layer of verification. Then, by following a set of community guidelines and school-specific rules, every user has the ability and tools to easily report problematic content. Th3rdPlace Community Guidelines serve as a set of principles-based rules that apply to all users and content on Th3rdPlace. Schools establish additional rules that are tailored to their unique and specific needs. We all share these responsibilities to make our site healthy.

Students who enforce these guidelines and rules are volunteer moderators. They are selected by the hosted schools and given special tools to remove inappropriate contents. They perform the majority of moderation actions without involvement from Th3rdPlace. This self-moderation effort at the community level, which is similar to Discord and Reddit, is so far the most sustainable solution to the challenges of moderating content online. Th3rdPlace’s team is responsible for the Community Guidelines and enforce them across Th3rdPlace with the help of moderators and alerted reports from users.