Many online communities are based on a series of myths about how to design interaction. We’re making something different. … Read More
What Happens Next: The Coral Project is Joining Vox Media
We’re so excited to announce the next phase of our work. … Read More
The Power of Human Moderation
We describe four different archetypes for moderating communities … Read More
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When The Story Continues In The Comments
You never know who will leave a comment – sometimes it’s the subject of the article itself. … Read More
Happy Hacktoberfest!
Be part of Hacktoberfest and help improve our tools … Read More
The Results of Our Survey of Marginalized Voices
The voices of women of color and gender nonbinary people of color are often missing from the comments. We surveyed more than 350 people to find out why – and what we can do about it. … Read More
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Questions and Answers
Can a quiz solve the problem of angry commenters? … Read More
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Brexit and the value of the comments
Over the past few days, a number of online comments about Brexit have gone viral. It’s a sign of what we need to do next … Read More
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A Change of Focus
Our Project Lead explains why we’ve altered our approach … Read More
Our Code of Conduct
We expect everyone contributing to The Coral Project to follow this code. … Read More
Internet Comments and The Law
Are sites ever legally responsible for what’s posted by the community? Here’s what can and can’t get you in trouble. … Read More
What makes us different
There are many existing comment platform vendors out there. We’re not like them. … Read More
A problem like the comments
What is the journalistic purpose of engagement and community? … Read More
Killing the comments — what’s next?
Some high-profile websites are closing their comments sections. Are comments broken or do we need some better tools? By Federica Cherubini. … Read More
Introducing Our Community Lead
We’re excited for you to meet the latest member of the team. … Read More
Here we are
What we’ll be doing, how we’ll be doing it, and how you can help us. … Read More
Don’t let your comments undermine democracy
By Andrew Losowsky, Head of Coral by Vox Media Summary Change your moderation strategy and guidelines Reduce the number of articles with comments Write clear prompts and enforce boundaries Remove rumors and misinformation, explain why Here in the United States, … Read More