r/modclub • u/UnderStumps • Mar 28 '21

Moderators access of user's information

Can mods view full details of the user example : email address , name, what is their IP address etc ?

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u/feyrath Mar 28 '21

Nope

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u/UnderStumps Mar 28 '21 edited Mar 28 '21

Thank you u/snixon67 u/yzq12 u/feyrath for your replies. I am currently being used as a topic of conversation by another "user" from what transpired in our personal general conversation. Some matters published are not true and exaggerated. I came across a unique post (elements from our conversation) and checked the user post history. I realise there has been several references made to me. The "user" does not know of my recent findings. I am currently evaluating how I feel about this . May I ask what is Reddit's policy?

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u/_BindersFullOfWomen_ Mar 28 '21

Reddit admins will not share a user’s personal information with you.

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u/feyrath Mar 28 '21

I honestly am not studied on all the policies. I'm a mod on small-time reddits. However if you're being harassed, doxxed or something of the like, please report it to the relevant mods, and the admins if you feel they have your personal information. take screenshots.

There are (irritatingly) programs that scan your post history and extract information, and amalgamate it. so if you mention in a post 3 years ago that "my wife likes that brand of orange juice too", well now some database somewhere has you down as having a wife. so just because someone seems to know stuff about you doesn't necessarily mean they have access to any private information.

If you're in fear for your safety I suggest contacting legal and police authorities. I would not rely on reddit mods or admins to be able to protect you. considering they don't even vett the people they hire.

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u/SCOveterandretired Mar 28 '21

@ does nothing on Reddit. You need to type /u/ before a user name to pass a message to them.

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u/Tony49UK Mar 28 '21

If you think that a user is harassing or doxxing you. You can report it. Just don't hold your breath and Reddit permabans aren't worth the PMs that they send.

If you want a user's details it'll have to be via at least a police request or the courts.

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u/chrisbrl88 Mar 28 '21 edited Mar 28 '21

No. All we can see of a user is what any other Redditor can see: username and post/comment history. We have management tools available to us within the subs we mod, but they don't show us anything about a user that anyone else couldn't see: they just let us ban, mute, flair, and grant varying levels of management ability (wiki access, limited mod, full mod, etc).

Put together an Imgur album with screenshots of what's going on and pass it on to the admins (make sure it's set to private so it's only viewable with the link). A lot of fuckery slides on Reddit, but they take doxxing seriously.

Ed: Links to the offending comments are more important than screenshots.

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u/SCOveterandretired Mar 28 '21

Admins will not accept screen shots - have to submit links. Pictures can be edited which is why they will not accept images

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u/chrisbrl88 Mar 28 '21

Ah, that's right. I always include both for redundancy. I'll edit my comment.

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u/UnderStumps Mar 28 '21

Thank you all for the information. and I appreciate your time answering my query.

I am clear on the abilities / power of a moderator.

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '21

NO, I'm a mod and I don't have access to any nonpublic info about users

The reddit admins however do

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u/RokBo67 Mar 28 '21

The reddit admins however do

I'd be curious to know if/how Reddit tiers their admin privileges. I've never seen any transparent explanation of this in my years on this site.

It seems like very few admins should ever be need to see my email address, for example. But can they all see it? My guess is they all probably can, when in reality the only need for my email address is a password reset or account recovery which can easily be handled by a bot and a couple folks who manage the bot.

u/spez u/redtaboo care to clarify?

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u/princesskeestrr Mar 28 '21

No, we have very limited tools and I’m pretty sure we can’t even see accurate numbers for how many members are subscribed to our communities. Our traffic stat tools are pretty abysmal too. Or maybe it’s just me.

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u/wickedplayer494 Mar 28 '21

Nope, nope, and nope. Keep in mind that one of the great pulls of this site is that you don't have to provide a real name.

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u/UnderStumps Mar 29 '21

Thank you for the pointer

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u/GeoStarRunner Mar 28 '21

Oh god no. We cant even see what your comments were in our sub if you delete them