What metrics can a community manager use to measure trust and safety initiatives in an online community?

Clear and short community rules should lead to a good understanding of them. This should result in a low number of personal conflicts in the community and rule violations.

  • Percent of active users who have been contacted by a moderator.
  • Percent of active users who have been suspended.

If the platform you use allows that, I would recommend tacking rudeness as a special category:

  • Percent of active users whose content has been marked as rude or offensive

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