MetaTalk posts tagged with mods

Has favorites for cuteness

lukemeister — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 13:19:23 -0800

Pinning/sidebarring mod posts?

katillathehun — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 22:03:39 -0800

Request: could important posts about the site be pinned to the top of MeTa for a little while? Or sidebarred? Or something? They tend to get lost in the shuffle, and then you have those "Hey, whatever happened to [whatever]?" posts that get closed. I guess these kinds of posts (like the changes to the favorites system) aren't made all that often, but when they are, it would awesome if they stuck around in a visible place for a few days. For example: I honestly thought the favorites system was broken when I first noticed the change, and it wasn't until I saw a closed thread with a link to the original that I realized it wasn't. I can't be the only one! or CAN I?

Though now they are giants, once they were just like us.

ocherdraco — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 09:24:22 -0800

What were the mods like (on Metafilter) before they were mods? Please point me to notable posts by Jessamyn, Cortex, et al from when they were just some schmo on MeFi like you or me. This query inspired by Matt's blog post reflecting on 10 years of Metafilter.

MeFiMail the mod currently on duty

jbickers — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 17:00:11 -0800

Pony request: On the main MeFi Mail page, how about a link to "MeFiMail the mod currently on duty"?

Flag flag flag

disillusioned — Wed, 13 May 2009 14:28:46 -0800

What is the mod policy on noting when comments have been removed? I've seen jessamyn and others say "cleaned up the thread a bit, stop being fuckwads, kthx", etc, but it appears not to happen for one-off offenders. Is it just something you do if you're removing shrapnel left and right? This comment is clearly referring to a comment now deleted. No big deal; I know most housekeeping is done under the radar and mentioning every single deletion would clutter up posts pretty quickly, but I was just curious.

Mods, would you ever re-initiate contact with anonymous?

vytae — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 19:53:24 -0800

Do the mods ever ask an anonymous questioner for follow-up info, or does the anonymous asker always initiate the follow-up process? I'm just curious. Often the first few answers to an anon question will say "We can't answer this until you clarify X." When no follow-up appears, someone will eventually point out that anonymous can email a mod to have them post an anonymous follow-up about X, in case they didn't know. More time passes, people get tired of waiting for clarification, and finally they start trying to enumerate the possible values of X and giving answers for each possibility. It's kind of crazy, and it leaves me wishing someone could poke anonymous and say, "Hey, people are trying to help you, but they need some more info!" I'm definitely not suggesting that mods should take responsibility for babysitting anonymous threads. You guys have enough to do already. I'm just curious whether you have ever or would ever contact an anonymous poster to ask for more info, rather than waiting for them to contact you. What might make you do so?

Meta Stack Overflow Filter

togdon — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 08:25:39 -0800

Stack Overflow's latest podcast features discussion of Metafilter and community moderation with Cortex. [Previously]

When the cat's away the mice will SPAM.

BrotherCaine — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 04:11:18 -0800

Can we please have an automatic deletion and/or penalty box for posts that get flagged for breaking guidelines by many users at times when no mod is online? I'm thinking of the Spammer that posted at 1:30 AM this morning, and how much I want him to be trampled to death by a pony. I know any automagic deletion system could potentially be gamed to censor worthy threads, but presumably a system could be set up where the mods could override any deletion in a fairly timely fashion. Plus any clickthrough on SPAM is too much in my opinion.

when mods post dupes!

deejay jaydee — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 10:46:05 -0800

um, i don't really know what to do about this. and i've got no general prob with the mods. but, as you can see, one of the mods has posted a question that has been asked before. so . . . what happens now? does it get deleted? does the original get deleted? does the whole thing get ignored? are these even the droids that anyone is looking for? . . . just asking . . .

Fixed that for you.

Methylviolet — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 14:37:59 -0800

Moderators edit comments?

Europe Admin Needed

Jimbob — Fri, 22 Sep 2006 02:53:01 -0800

Hey Matt and Jess, how's about promoting a mod from Europe, or dare I say Australia, so we can kill crap like this before we give the self-promoting little jerk a soapbox? (I'm only half kidding.)

Contacting the Admins

spaghetti — Wed, 31 May 2006 06:46:33 -0800

There seems to be no clear way to contact the administrators for users who are not familiar with the site. Could we add a contact link up in the top nav section, or somewhere obvious?

Unsure what to do

spira — Fri, 03 Mar 2006 16:47:11 -0800

I'm writing a post in which I'm making an offer of direct help, and I'm really not sure whether that offer is a good idea (I'm not sure whether it's a good idea whether to make the offer, and if it is a good idea, I'm not sure that it's a good idea to post the offer where others can see it). It's nothing illegal, I think, and certainly nothing wrong, if the circumstances are what they appear to be, but I have no way of knowing if circumstances are what they appear to be, and if they're not, what I'm offering to do could be a very bad idea. Anyway, I obviously don't want to post any more specifics, so who can I ask what is appropriate in this situation?

MeFi admin double standard for posts?

Protocols of the Elders of Awesome — Mon, 23 Jan 2006 11:13:00 -0800

At the same time that mathowie posts a site hosting game ROMs from the 1980s, my link to a BitTorrent file of a 1950s and -60s recording of a 19th century classical work was removed. Funny ol' world...

Our Distinguished Admins

mr_crash_davis — Thu, 19 Jan 2006 14:12:09 -0800

In this thread, cribcage mentions that " ... blogrrrl has no way of identifying jessamyn (or mathowie, for that matter) as an admin ... ", which seems on its face to be silly because everyone knows that, of course. Right?

Anyway, it got me to thinking that perhaps Matt and Jess' remarks could be highlighted with something to indicate that they're the admins. Maybe a different color, a gold star a'la Stan Chin that's clickable and leads to a page with email/AIM/contact info? Something along those lines could help the filthy five-dolla noobs with their acclimatization to the site.

Just a thought.

Mods can fix that for you....

dilettante — Mon, 21 Nov 2005 10:08:43 -0800

Could we have a new category for MetaTalk for Oopsie! One day I swear I'll actually learn to type slowly enough to coordinate the output from my fingers with the output from my brain, or maybe just shut up, but in the meantime I've done something amazing even for me. In this thread, I mangled the anchor tag in my comment badly enough that I can't link to it here and refreshing the page will crash my browser. It's probably going to make messes for others, as well, or I'd just hide my red face in shame. Any friendly, helpful moderators looking for gratitude?

Shoutout for the Mods

orthogonality — Sat, 07 May 2005 15:45:55 -0800

I'd be remiss after publicly joining in the criticism of silent edits by the admins if I didn't publicly thank jessamyn for demonstrating that she does listen to complaints. Thanks jessamyn!

Thanks, Mods!

anastasiav — Tue, 03 May 2005 10:46:02 -0800

I'm not completely sure who is babysitting Metafilter while Matt has way more important things going on, but I just wanted to say "Thanks" to whomever is keeping an eye on things and also "Thanks" to the community for (apparently) keeping the chaos to a minimum while he's away.

Thank you for turning off Suicide Girls.

orange clock — Thu, 03 Feb 2005 08:39:30 -0800

Matt Haughey has shown tremendous compassion by rejecting a large revenue stream for the sake of this major Internet community. Rare is the system admin who is both concerned and available. I'd like to remind the users there exists a way to thank him and fund the site directly.

Admin for a Day

timeistight — Wed, 10 Nov 2004 09:47:21 -0800

Admin for a day: To raise money (and give himself an occasional break) mathowie could occasionally auction off 24-hour admin rights. These temporary admins could delete posts, suspend miscreants and maybe even manually register new users.

Moderating Uploads

mathowie — Sun, 04 Jun 2000 13:15:32 -0800

Moderation
I've been working on the image upload part of the site, and realized there's no way to limit what type of content gets uploaded.

So I've come to the conclusion that the only way to keep out off-topic scans & stories (like porn or pictures of your cat) is to induce a moderation process. Pretty much anything resembling a story along with an image of something that looks like a ticket stub will get through and posted (guidelines will be posted along with the site so this is clear).

Do you have any objections to such a setup? It would induce a bit of lag, but I don't know if submissions would be that substantial on a day-to-day basis. Also, I'll set it up so I get an email the instant something is submitted and after a simple glance at it, will approve it with a single click.

I know metafilter has always been wide open, but since this site is starting from scratch, I don't think it will affect the growth too much. Do you think it's a good or bad idea? why? Is there possibility that human intervention (i.e. me or some other possible moderators) would spoil the growth? Or would it ensure a quality site?