Moderation process

Moderation process

Moderating messages seems more of a chore than it should be.

The moderation page doesn't show any of the content of the post or reply. If I click to view the post, I can approve it there but then it's very slow to get back to the moderation page and it doesn't reflect the message I just approved.

It's possible to blindly approve messages based only on the topic, but this doesn't really provide much of a guard against spam or other abuses. Also, the ajaxy code on the page tries to redraw the list after a short delay. I know it's intended as a feature but it is more annoyance.

On the moderation screen I'd like to tighten up the display and add checkboxes so that I can do them all in a batch, rather than wait for each action to complete. Perhaps there could be an option to see the first line or two of the post, either on the page or in a hover tip.