Life & fun · February 25, 2026
Respectify – A comment moderator that teaches people to argue better
My partner, Nick Hodges, and I, David Millington, have been on the Internet for a very long time -- since the Usenet days. We’ve seen it all, and have long been frustrated by bad comments, horrible people, and discouraging discussions. We've also been around places where the discussion is wonderful and productive. How to get more of the latter and less of the former? Current moderation tools just seem to focus on deletion and banning. Wouldn’t it be helpful to encourage productive discussion and teach people how to discuss and argue (in the debate sense) better? A year ago we started…
Respectify – A comment moderator that teaches people to argue better launched on February 25, 2026 with 224 votes, #122 of 16,627 launches that month and more than 99% of that year's launches.
In plain words
Respectify is a comment moderation tool that helps foster productive online discussions by teaching users to argue more effectively. Rather than simply deleting or banning problematic comments, it suggests improvements to help commenters avoid logical fallacies, tone issues, and irrelevant arguments. Designed for community managers and online spaces, it aims to encourage good-faith debate and reduce hostile interactions while helping people communicate their points more persuasively.
written from the facts on this page · September 2026
From the sources
Respectify moderates comments before they post and coaches commenters toward better discourse. Near drop-in replacement for Google
Some features may not work until your connection is restored. Respectify helps you maintain respectful and relevant discussions in your online community. Coming from Perspective? Easy, near drop-in replacement. Read more. Can you edit your comment to take the above feedback into account, please? Want comments to stay about the topic of the page or blog they're on? Respectify can do that. It's configurable. The world isn't binary and neither are our settings. Got a problem with trolls? Got people repeatedly posting 'good faith' comments that are not? ('What about...', 'I'm only saying that...', 'Not all polar bears...') Tell Respectify what to disallow. It won't be posted. Sometimes people…from respectify.org
In the maker’s words, at launch
My partner, Nick Hodges, and I, David Millington, have been on the Internet for a very long time -- since the Usenet days. We’ve seen it all, and have long been frustrated by bad comments, horrible people, and discouraging discussions. We've also been around places where the discussion is wonderful and productive.…
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