The Checkstep Platform Spotlight is a bi-weekly deep dive into the features that power the Checkstep AI content moderation platform. This week's article covers flexible content modeling for complex, real-world content.
What does “content” really mean today?
If you run an online platform, the answer is: it depends. Content moderation is essential for trust and safety, but “content” itself is a surprisingly vague concept.
You might be moderating:
Chat messages and player usernames in an online game
Multi-field user profiles on a dating app
Product listings with images, videos, and descriptions in a marketplace
Rich media posts across social platforms
Each of these content types looks - and behaves - completely differently. So why should your moderation tools force everything into the same rigid structure?
Why traditional content moderation falls short
Most moderation systems assume content is simple and uniform. A block of text. A single image. A predefined schema. But modern platforms are anything but simple.
That’s where Checkstep is different.
How does Checkstep handle complex content?
At the core of the Checkstep platform is the concept of complex types.
What are complex types?
Complex types let you define content exactly as it exists in your product - whether that’s a post, article, chat, profile, product, or something entirely unique.
Instead of adapting your platform to your moderation tool, Checkstep adapts to you.
What does this look like in practice?
When sending content to the Checkstep API, you can:
Include as many fields as you need
Use your own field names
Send text, images, video, or audio
Nest fields to reflect real-world content structures
Each piece of content can have its own unique structure - no predefined limits, no awkward workarounds.
Does this flexibility complicate moderation?
Actually, it does the opposite. Checkstep’s AI marketplace (scanning system), moderation UI and AI moderation agent (ModBot) automatically adapt to your content model. Moderators see content exactly as users experience it, and AI policies apply intelligently across every field.
Who is this best for?
If you’re building or scaling:
A social platform
A gaming community
A marketplaceA dating or creator platform
…and your content isn’t one-size-fits-all, this approach is essential for effective, future-proof moderation.
Want to go deeper?
You can explore complex types and flexible fields in our technical documentation, or get in touch with the Checkstep team to see how it works for your platform.
Next up in our Platform Spotlight series: another deep dive into the building blocks that make Checkstep flexible, scalable, and built for real-world content moderation.
