# Should an open Discourse group be moderated

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/should-an-open-discourse-group-be-moderated/385317
**Category:** Community Building
**Created:** [October 11, 2025, 8:34am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/should-an-open-discourse-group-be-moderated/385317 "2025-10-11T08:34:52Z")
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### Author: ![Tony001](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/tony001/32/523664_2.png) [@Tony001](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Tony001)
#### Post date: [October 11, 2025, 8:34am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/should-an-open-discourse-group-be-moderated/385317/1 "2025-10-11T08:34:52Z")

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Thank you for past help. 🙂

I am in the process of opening my ‘special interest’ Discourse community which will be opened to the general public.

My question is. I would like to moderate every post but will this be too ‘clunky’ for both me and the users? But, I want to avoid people trashing the group where possible.

I appreciate any comments that you may have. Tony

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