Do mods and users see MetaFilter differently? May 4, 2008 7:58 PM Subscribe
What does MetaFilter look like to moderators?
Do you have all kinds of extra buttons and nifty stuff to help you delete or edit lame posts and comments, or do you have to sift through a ton of code and HTML gobbledygook when you have to make those changes? (Screenshots?)
Are there any functions or shortcuts you'd like to see on your end of things to make your lives easier?
Do you have all kinds of extra buttons and nifty stuff to help you delete or edit lame posts and comments, or do you have to sift through a ton of code and HTML gobbledygook when you have to make those changes? (Screenshots?)
Are there any functions or shortcuts you'd like to see on your end of things to make your lives easier?
What does MetaFilter look like to moderators?
like this...
posted by jonmc at 8:04 PM on May 4, 2008 [17 favorites]
like this...
posted by jonmc at 8:04 PM on May 4, 2008 [17 favorites]
jessamyn posted a description of what kinds of admin features there are around flagging a while back, including a blurred-for-your-protection view of the admin stuff.
posted by burnmp3s at 8:05 PM on May 4, 2008
posted by burnmp3s at 8:05 PM on May 4, 2008
The blurred view, with the "two days since a bannin'" panel, REALLY makes me want that panel somewhere publicly visible.
How long since a bannin'?
posted by dirtdirt at 8:11 PM on May 4, 2008
How long since a bannin'?
posted by dirtdirt at 8:11 PM on May 4, 2008
Darn, I always pictured something like this (complete with uniforms, naturally).
posted by lukemeister at 8:35 PM on May 4, 2008
posted by lukemeister at 8:35 PM on May 4, 2008
Like a boot stamping on a human face - forever.
posted by nanojath at 8:51 PM on May 4, 2008 [11 favorites]
posted by nanojath at 8:51 PM on May 4, 2008 [11 favorites]
A throbbing mass of problems.
posted by klangklangston at 8:53 PM on May 4, 2008 [1 favorite]
posted by klangklangston at 8:53 PM on May 4, 2008 [1 favorite]
This is it - you can see Matt right up the front, on the right-hand side.
posted by UbuRoivas at 8:56 PM on May 4, 2008 [3 favorites]
posted by UbuRoivas at 8:56 PM on May 4, 2008 [3 favorites]
How long since a bannin'?
That number almost never goes above two. Otherwise MeFi looks the same to us as everyone else except we have the admin panel.
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 9:03 PM on May 4, 2008
That number almost never goes above two. Otherwise MeFi looks the same to us as everyone else except we have the admin panel.
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 9:03 PM on May 4, 2008
That number almost never goes above two.
Wow, I bet is was more like weeks or months in the first few years. Are these mostly self linking interlopers?
posted by caddis at 9:17 PM on May 4, 2008
Wow, I bet is was more like weeks or months in the first few years. Are these mostly self linking interlopers?
posted by caddis at 9:17 PM on May 4, 2008
The bans are a mix of self-link/SEO jerks, timeouts (those reset the clock), and self-closures. Two or three days without one of those happening is, yeah, kind of rare as it turns out.
posted by cortex (staff) at 9:18 PM on May 4, 2008
posted by cortex (staff) at 9:18 PM on May 4, 2008
I don't think we've ever seen that number above six? seven? It's mostly SEO jerks with the occasional timeout/ban.
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 9:24 PM on May 4, 2008
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 9:24 PM on May 4, 2008
some of us are just asking for a banning. Did you see what I was wearing? How could I not expect to get banned.
Buy my shit.
posted by allen.spaulding at 9:29 PM on May 4, 2008
Buy my shit.
posted by allen.spaulding at 9:29 PM on May 4, 2008
It seems like this question is asked every six months or so.
posted by !Jim at 9:43 PM on May 4, 2008
posted by !Jim at 9:43 PM on May 4, 2008
In case anyone actually wants to see it, you might try this, from here.
posted by Upton O'Good at 10:16 PM on May 4, 2008
posted by Upton O'Good at 10:16 PM on May 4, 2008
Are dersins and cortex cool with having their IPs up on that?
posted by jacalata at 10:27 PM on May 4, 2008
posted by jacalata at 10:27 PM on May 4, 2008
The definitive answer.
Cuz I said so.
posted by Fuzzy Skinner at 10:34 PM on May 4, 2008 [3 favorites]
Cuz I said so.
posted by Fuzzy Skinner at 10:34 PM on May 4, 2008 [3 favorites]
The bans are a mix of self-link/SEO jerks, timeouts (those reset the clock), and self-closures.
--cortex
Why self closures? Sure it probably doesn't happen as often as the other stuff, but it just doesn't seem to fit.
posted by philomathoholic at 11:17 PM on May 4, 2008
--cortex
Why self closures? Sure it probably doesn't happen as often as the other stuff, but it just doesn't seem to fit.
posted by philomathoholic at 11:17 PM on May 4, 2008
Looks like the stress is getting to jessamyn.
posted by weapons-grade pandemonium at 11:20 PM on May 4, 2008 [1 favorite]
posted by weapons-grade pandemonium at 11:20 PM on May 4, 2008 [1 favorite]
THEY CAN SEE THE CODE!
--Artw
While looking for a screenshot of that one guy watching the matrix on the computer monitors talking about blondes and redheads, I found these two pictures of what mefi hq might look like.
posted by philomathoholic at 11:25 PM on May 4, 2008
--Artw
While looking for a screenshot of that one guy watching the matrix on the computer monitors talking about blondes and redheads, I found these two pictures of what mefi hq might look like.
posted by philomathoholic at 11:25 PM on May 4, 2008
As much as I am glad the [IMG] tag is defunct, there are times I wish it could rise briefly from the dead. This thread is one of those times.
posted by Kirth Gerson at 3:10 AM on May 5, 2008
posted by Kirth Gerson at 3:10 AM on May 5, 2008
This is MeFi command in the future. As you can see, mathowie has gotten a little pudgy and his hair is white and thinning, but the glasses are a dead giveaway.
posted by TedW at 5:41 AM on May 5, 2008
posted by TedW at 5:41 AM on May 5, 2008
IM transcript of mods:
What the hell is that?! [ squints ] What the hell is that? [ chuckling at himself ] What's that danged thing doing here! How did that get here? What the hell is that?! [ squints ] What the hell is that?! How'd that dang deal get here?! [ turns off-camera ] Hey! Come on over here and look at this deal!
posted by lukemeister at 6:04 AM on May 5, 2008
What the hell is that?! [ squints ] What the hell is that? [ chuckling at himself ] What's that danged thing doing here! How did that get here? What the hell is that?! [ squints ] What the hell is that?! How'd that dang deal get here?! [ turns off-camera ] Hey! Come on over here and look at this deal!
posted by lukemeister at 6:04 AM on May 5, 2008
Are dersins and cortex cool with having their IPs up on that?
Eh.
Why self closures? Sure it probably doesn't happen as often as the other stuff, but it just doesn't seem to fit.
No compelling reason; they're a variety of the internal "ban" event, and the days-since counter just keeps track of those. We could make pb do some work to exclude those, but, eh.
posted by cortex (staff) at 6:46 AM on May 5, 2008
Eh.
Why self closures? Sure it probably doesn't happen as often as the other stuff, but it just doesn't seem to fit.
No compelling reason; they're a variety of the internal "ban" event, and the days-since counter just keeps track of those. We could make pb do some work to exclude those, but, eh.
posted by cortex (staff) at 6:46 AM on May 5, 2008
It's full of stars.
posted by onlyconnect at 8:08 AM on May 5, 2008 [2 favorites]
posted by onlyconnect at 8:08 AM on May 5, 2008 [2 favorites]
Strangely, people seem to forget that mathowie (accidentally?) posted a picture of the mod view of metafilter almost two years ago.
posted by Viomeda at 9:16 AM on May 5, 2008
posted by Viomeda at 9:16 AM on May 5, 2008
I was looking at the timestamp on the image, not the thread
posted by Viomeda at 9:18 AM on May 5, 2008
Here is a crappy but genuine photo. It's very simple but very slick. It was so beautiful, it hurt my eyes.
posted by ulotrichous at 10:00 AM on May 5, 2008 [1 favorite]
posted by ulotrichous at 10:00 AM on May 5, 2008 [1 favorite]
people seem to forget that mathowie (accidentally?) posted a picture of the mod view of metafilter
Oh, look! My IP address! Cool!
posted by dersins at 10:56 AM on May 5, 2008 [1 favorite]
Oh, look! My IP address! Cool!
posted by dersins at 10:56 AM on May 5, 2008 [1 favorite]
You know dersins, I don't want to be weird or anything but I really like the way our inadvertantly disclosed IP addresses look together.
posted by cortex (staff) at 10:59 AM on May 5, 2008 [1 favorite]
posted by cortex (staff) at 10:59 AM on May 5, 2008 [1 favorite]
Is your IP address, like, doing anything Friday night?
posted by cortex (staff) at 10:59 AM on May 5, 2008 [3 favorites]
posted by cortex (staff) at 10:59 AM on May 5, 2008 [3 favorites]
Well, it was going to go out on the town, have a couple of cocktails, maybe a beer or two, and see what happens, but now I think it's just gonna stay home and mask itself.
posted by dersins at 11:05 AM on May 5, 2008
posted by dersins at 11:05 AM on May 5, 2008
I think it looks like the lot of you going, "What does it look like to you?" and giving wise-ass answers that approximate the truth. Am I close?
(I've declined to look behind the curtain during the two meetups where I had the chance. mathowie's screen was too small. jessamyn's was too crowded. pb's looked too much like a camera; I was scared. cortex  doesn't really exist     is a very handsome man.)
posted by not_on_display at 11:12 AM on May 5, 2008
(I've declined to look behind the curtain during the two meetups where I had the chance. mathowie's screen was too small. jessamyn's was too crowded. pb's looked too much like a camera; I was scared. cortex
posted by not_on_display at 11:12 AM on May 5, 2008
but now I think it's just gonna stay home and mask itself
Oh yeah well it has smelly armpits anyway so maybe I should just give it some BAN.
cortex doesn't really exist
One of these days I'll get some sort of mobile computing phone device thing with the WAP and the DATA FEEDS and all that. For now, when I got to a meetup, I either haul my big-ass laptop or keep my hands free for more efficient beer drinkin'.
posted by cortex (staff) at 11:22 AM on May 5, 2008
Oh yeah well it has smelly armpits anyway so maybe I should just give it some BAN.
cortex doesn't really exist
One of these days I'll get some sort of mobile computing phone device thing with the WAP and the DATA FEEDS and all that. For now, when I got to a meetup, I either haul my big-ass laptop or keep my hands free for more efficient beer drinkin'.
posted by cortex (staff) at 11:22 AM on May 5, 2008
Oh please bring back inline image tags, oh please!
posted by DenOfSizer at 7:38 PM on May 5, 2008
posted by DenOfSizer at 7:38 PM on May 5, 2008
So, do you admins ever flag posts?
posted by Citizen Premier at 3:27 AM on May 7, 2008
posted by Citizen Premier at 3:27 AM on May 7, 2008
Every once in a while, as a stopgap measure, I'll flag something if I notice it when I'm walking out the door and think it isn't slam-dunk deleteable but still needs mod consideration. This is a habit I picked up from Jessamyn, I think.
posted by cortex (staff) at 7:13 AM on May 7, 2008
posted by cortex (staff) at 7:13 AM on May 7, 2008
I'll flag something if I notice it when I'm walking out the door and think it isn't slam-dunk deleteable but still needs mod consideration.
Ah yes, the old flag-and-run, yeah I do this sometimes too. While our first view of the flags doesn't show who flagged things, we can look one level deeper and see this. If I know cortex flagged but didn't delete something I'll know it's something he was wavering on. Usually we just email each other about things like that though.
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 8:00 AM on May 7, 2008
Ah yes, the old flag-and-run, yeah I do this sometimes too. While our first view of the flags doesn't show who flagged things, we can look one level deeper and see this. If I know cortex flagged but didn't delete something I'll know it's something he was wavering on. Usually we just email each other about things like that though.
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 8:00 AM on May 7, 2008
I look forward to us being crochety old moderators, sitting on porch rocking chairs and smoking pipes and telling stories about The Old Internet to young whippersnapper, partly because these stories will include interjections like "Ah, yes, the old flag-and-run..."
posted by cortex (staff) at 8:09 AM on May 7, 2008 [3 favorites]
posted by cortex (staff) at 8:09 AM on May 7, 2008 [3 favorites]
I look forward to us being crochety old moderators, sitting on porch rocking chairs and smoking pipes and telling stories about The Old Internet
If you want to see a good approximation of what that will be like, watch the BBS Documentary, and mentally switch things like FidoNet to MeFiMail and SysOp to mod.
posted by burnmp3s at 1:04 PM on May 7, 2008
If you want to see a good approximation of what that will be like, watch the BBS Documentary, and mentally switch things like FidoNet to MeFiMail and SysOp to mod.
posted by burnmp3s at 1:04 PM on May 7, 2008
I would like to thank the moderator overlords for keeping the image tag out of MeFi. It was a very good idea on their part, and I'm sure a very hard decision to make or to keep steadfast in the wake of opposing opinion. On occasion, I'm somewhere where the image tag would make it less appealing to explore MeFi. NSFW and all that.
Given the circumstances, it was the best choice they could make, and I really wish people would quit beating that dead horse, when there's so many other better deader horses to beat, like what MeFi looks like on the mods' side of things. That's a question that just never gets old... well, unless you're a mod, I reckon.
posted by ZachsMind at 9:40 AM on May 11, 2008
Given the circumstances, it was the best choice they could make, and I really wish people would quit beating that dead horse, when there's so many other better deader horses to beat, like what MeFi looks like on the mods' side of things. That's a question that just never gets old... well, unless you're a mod, I reckon.
posted by ZachsMind at 9:40 AM on May 11, 2008
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posted by mathowie (staff) at 8:02 PM on May 4, 2008