Nope, I never said it was impossible to differentiate, I just said that the differentiation shouldn't be controlled by a few people who potentially won't understand the difference.
Here's a question for you: If you moderate a list, do you let subscribers see what you've moderated and why? If it's for the benefit of the mailing list community, then why not?
You should make this clear on librelist.com; right now, it appears that there will be no mechanism to deal with trolls.
If I did moderate a list (which I don't), and there was an ability for subscribers to see the raw feed, I'd allow that. I am curious if your approach will work. It's similar to how things operate here, but I wonder if it can work with no moderators. (HN does have editors who monitor flagged articles and comments.)
I'm curious if also that could bring up another model: lists can be moderated, but there's "Sousveillance" on the moderators with feedback rating from the community. That way, you get moderators, but people who are member get to see if you're just crushing dissenting opinion. People could then see that your moderation style is rated at "Nazi" and just not join.
Here's a question for you: If you moderate a list, do you let subscribers see what you've moderated and why? If it's for the benefit of the mailing list community, then why not?