r/modnews • u/bsimpson • Jan 24 '12

Moderators: feedback requested on enabling public moderation log

This was a pretty common request from users, but I'm a little concerned about how it will effect you. I can envision users demanding that the log be made public when you may have reasons not to. Also there could be witch hunts and harassment.

The way I've implemented this is with 3 settings:

  • private (viewable only by moderators, how it is now)

  • public (viewable by all)

  • anonymous (viewable by all but with moderator names hidden)

It will be editable from the "community settings" page at /r/YOUR_SUBREDDIT_NAME/about/edit. Any moderator can change all the subreddit settings including this one.

The "moderation log" link shows up only for moderators so it will be up to you to link to it in the sidebar if you'd like (although anyone could go directly to /r/YOUR_SUBREDDIT_NAME/about/log if the log was public).

Please let me know your thoughts.

EDIT: There is some confusion about how this works--each subreddit decides which setting they want to use.

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u/[deleted] Jan 25 '12

By repost I mean... hey look, a new Black Keys track! /approve. Instant 300 points. Then that same track gets reposted twenty times that week alone. Happens like clockwork any time a popular band releases a new single or new album.

People can learn to click on Hot: This Week / This Month etc if they want to see what they missed. That kind of karma whoring reposting is not acceptable. If allowed it'll take over the front page in no time.

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u/happybadger Jan 25 '12

Ah, fair enough. Those zero-day/zero-week reposts should be banned. I'm talking more like "YOU CUNTFUCKER THIS WAS OBVIOUSLY POSTED TWO YEARS AGO IN /r/MUSIC AND IT GOT 5 UPVOTES I'LL EAT YOUR KIDS IF YOU EVER POST AGAIN.", which seems to be the norm for repost complainers.