Where is the list of forum mods kept?

notAMember · 04-06-2022 11:39pm #1

To contact a mod, how do you locate who to contact?

Take cork city forum for example. There is a nasty thread in there about the recent tragic death of a woman. The sticky in the forum, which is where I would expect mods to be listed, has a closed account as the author. One level up, same thing... I assume the "flag" function does nothing, as I flagged a couple of posts months ago, no response there either.

Am I being blind and it's in front of my face? How do you figure out who the mod of each forum is?

Spear · 05-06-2022 12:48am

It's in Helpdesk:

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058234282/list-of-forum-mods-and-category-mods-posted-22-02-2022

notAMember · 05-06-2022 7:52am

Thanks! Obscure enough for a user.

I had searched for the words also and that wasn’t returned in search results.

Could the Forum stickies be updated too do you think?

Jim2007 · 05-06-2022 8:36am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119160185#Comment_119160185

You don’t need to know the mods, simply click on the button at the bottom of the comment and report it like everyone else does. The mods will see it and review it.

notAMember · 05-06-2022 9:16am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119160247#Comment_119160247

That feature doesn’t work.

Not sure I get your point though. It’s being kept deliberately obscure then? Odd.

Dial Hard · 05-06-2022 9:45am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119160247#Comment_119160247

In fairness, Jim, the mods in several categories have admitted that this function no longer works as it used to and have asked users to PM them directly about problematic posts. Your post was pretty dismissive and a bit disingenuous to boot. I see no reason why users shouldn't have a right to know who their mods are, even if the report function was working properly.

sydthebeat · 05-06-2022 9:57am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119160247#Comment_119160247

Useless, as

1. It takes too long to be actioned

2. Other posters cannot see the action on the post if any is taken

Moderation on this site has been castrated since the move over to vanilla

Shield · 06-06-2022 12:42pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119160468#Comment_119160468

If you see something particularly egregious then drop either me or @Spear a PM and we’ll try and help. Admin @Beasty is also very active and accessible in emergency cases. Yes, moderation is a challenge at the moment, but it’s something we’re all aware of and working on.

notAMember · 06-06-2022 10:35pm

Yes, thanks to beasty for addressing this particular one quickly.

Is there any reason the stickies can't be updated? Are they locked / uneditable? It would be a user-friendly workaround for the mod challenges if it was possible.

Shield · 07-06-2022 7:25am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119167277#Comment_119167277

Without the dig at Beasty, updating the stickies is a decent suggestion. I’ll talk to Spear about it separately and see what we can do.

For what it’s worth, Beasty is doing an unholy amount of behind the scenes work on a daily basis. Just because you don’t see public posts doesn’t mean he isn’t working his arse off keeping things in some sort of shape.

notAMember · 07-06-2022 11:46am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119167877#Comment_119167877

Huh? What dig!?

Beasty DID address this one quickly, within minutes of my original post here. There was a public post and the thread in question was closed.

No idea how you could possibly have read words of thanks as a dig.

Notmything · 07-06-2022 11:59am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119167277#Comment_119167277

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119167877#Comment_119167877

Unless there was a ninja edit, I'm not seeing any dig at Beasty, the opposite if anything #confuddled.

Spear · 07-06-2022 12:05pm

Yeah, I think @Shield misread that one when it was innocently meant.

Shield · 07-06-2022 2:05pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119168656#Comment_119168656

I do apologise. I completely misread this thread and your post. No excuses. I’m sorry.

-Shield

Beasty · 07-06-2022 7:22pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119167277#Comment_119167277

FYI I actually responded to the reports you and others had made. I had not seen this thread but when I see a number of reports for a particular post I will have a look, knowing a lot of our mods are not particularly active

As Shield mentioned, if you do think something warrants urgent attention please feel free to drop me a PM

Where is the list of forum mods kept?

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