We designed the Stack Exchange network engine to be mostly self-regulating, in that we amortize the overall moderation cost of the system across thousands of teeny-tiny slices of effort contributed by regular, everyday users. Specifically, per the reputation privileges:
Users with 15 rep can flag posts.
Users with 500 rep can review posts from new users.
Users with 2,000 rep can edit any question or answer in the system.
Users with 3,000 rep can cast close and open votes.
Users with 10,000 rep can cast delete and undelete votes on questions, and have access to a moderation dashboard.
Users with 15 rep can flag posts.
Users with 500 rep can review posts from new users.
Users with 2,000 rep can edit any question or answer in the system.
Users with 3,000 rep can cast close and open votes.
Users with 10,000 rep can cast delete and undelete votes on questions, and have access to a moderation dashboard.