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Lonely Planet looks for a new moderation system before Thorn Tree forum returns

Dennis Schaal

Photo Credit: A screenshot of Lonely Planet's Thorn Tree forum from 2008. Tyler Bell's Blog

Skift Take

BBC undoubtedly will put more resources into moderating the Lonely Planet Thorn Tree forum. It is an issue that confronts every Internet publisher, and in this instance, the BBC got stung.

In the wake of a temporary shutdown of Lonely Planet's Thorn Tree travel forum because of "rogue posts," the company will not reopen it until "we are 100% confident that the right new moderation systems are in place to ensure there’s no repeat of such language/themes," a BBC spokesperson says. "We have di

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