Help Us Moderate & Grow Police Chaplain Coffee Shop

Message from Phillip LeConte

I will be stepping back from the day-to-day moderation of our Facebook Group, the Police Chaplain Coffee Shop.

I will be focusing my time and efforts on the Police Chaplain Project. I also need to attend to projects for my media company, which pays the bills.

The Police Chaplain Coffee Shop will be removing the “hold for approval” on new posts.

Content, however, still needs to be moderated.

Thus we will be adding Chaplain Jeffrey Wolfe as a Group Administrator.

After consulting with Chaplain David Fair, we will also be inviting a small group of chaplains to be Group Moderators.

The Role of Moderator does not require you to review content, rather it authorizes you to remove inappropriate content and, if necessary, remove members from the group.

This week I have removed a racist comment and an anti-semitic comment, in addition to toxic political posts. (None of this content is from chaplains.)

Doing this every day takes its toll. Crowdsourcing the moderation with responsible members of the group will be of great help to the group and relief to me.

If you choose not to become a moderator, I understand. (Boy do I understand.) If you wish to become a Moderator, drop me a note at pleconte@outlook.com. I will also be sending out invites.

The Police Chaplain Coffee Shop Group’s Guidelines and Best Practices can be found here and are posted to the group.

Community Building

More challenging is trying to encourage original content – police chaplains sharing their day-to-day life and giving shout-outs, recognizing the good works of others. Rabbi Betcher is the gold standard in this regard.

Also challenging is keeping the group focused on police chaplaincy as a professional and spiritual calling – issues like stress, continuing education, and finding ways chaplains can work together. Chaplain Jeffrey Wolfe is the best at this.

Cultivating this kind of member-generated content has been difficult and I don’t know why that is. I think if we were all twenty-somethings, social media would be more of a snap.

It is so much better for the world that you are all astonishing police chaplains. Sharing who you are and what you know is and always will be important to me.

Phillip LeConte

I will be looking to Jeffrey to provide some of the heavy-lifting in taking down margin posts. There are multiple posts each day from overseas that is tinged with political content and I cannot be certain of the messaging. One of the many treats Facebook has to offer.

The Role of Moderator

Approve or deny membership requests

Approve or deny posts in the group
Remove posts and comments on posts
Remove and block people from the group
Pin or unpin a post

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