Which forum CMS lets authors moderate their own topics ?

Hello I'm looking for a forum software to install on my website, that could let any author of a new topic moderate its topic with the same rights as a regular moderator, mostly by editing other members' replies.

I've joined a hundred of BBS (running most softwares) and none of them let the authors be moderate their own thread. Therefore I assumed it was not a built in feature, possibly because pyramidal moderation was the only one known to developers.

If there are too many forum CMS with this feature then I'm looking for one very modern, in the spirit of Discourse but in PHP.

 

Why do you think it will be a good feature?

 

Hi buddy,

I think sub-pages in reddit is a good alternative and free to post.

Thanks,
Commoner

 

• less need of moderation team
• less abuse of moderation from a "bad" admin and its team
• more responsible and civilized members

It doesn't make sense to me to give moderation rights of a section to a non staff member.
I talked about the right for an author to moderate his own thread, like someone who gives voice to others on a discussion and controls the subject. Yes more damage can be done, but this right can be given to old enough members.
I hope that this way they will behave the way they want to be treated.

If I must use an alternative then it's going to be a classicaly moderated forum, but still installed on my website.

 

Are you going to undergo the troubles alone? Moderated or not is not really the point, whether you could bring value is the focus.

 

I actually had the need of this about 18 years ago, and the answer was SMF -- simple machines forums. The "writers" of a IP wanted to make their own topics and moderate them themselves, and SMF does so out of the box. You just make a usergroup of the people you want to have permission to moderate, then unlock the moderator actions just for that usergroup.

SMF has a very powerful permission set for usergroups where you can do almost anything of this nature, the only issue is that it's so deep that a lot of people get lost.

 

Thanks. 18 years ago was when I installed phpBB.
I'm wondering what are the differences between CMS from the 2000 and more recent ones.
Was there any progress in the backend's architecture ?

 

I use xenforo to achieve what you are saying. Moderation settings can be for every single user. Or batch users.

 

Can you tell me about your experience with this type of moderation ?