And what is the procedure to becoming a moderator
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Jun 28, 2018
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#3
A moderator can ban you for even asking of their power.
A moderator can ban you for having the audacity of believing a man of your class can transcend to moderator status.
We never speak of them. Ever.
You do not know what you have done here today.
Jun 28, 2018
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#8
Are you a mod?
If so what happens once you have become a mod. Can you go back to being a regular member if you want?
As to your second question-
Yes. You can stop being a mod at whatever time you please, although I imagine there will be a transition faze. TaurusMoon did this, as an example.
Yes. You can stop being a mod at whatever time you please, although I imagine there will be a transition faze. TaurusMoon did this, as an example.
As to what they can do-
-lock threads
-they get a free premium membership
-speak in that fancy green writing
-mute members
-I believe they can ban people, but unless it's for something obvious like multi-account in I'd imagine who they ban is discussed and regulated.
-they cannot be blocked
-lock threads
-they get a free premium membership
-speak in that fancy green writing
-mute members
-I believe they can ban people, but unless it's for something obvious like multi-account in I'd imagine who they ban is discussed and regulated.
-they cannot be blocked
Jun 28, 2018
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#12
Some stuff:
They have access to the otherwise invisible Mod forum.
They can see the otherwise invisible notes left on your account (written by other mods)
AFAIK they can see your IP, and do a site search using it. This would pull up comments you made even if they're from multiple accounts. I believe this would also find all associated accounts.
They can obviously mute and ban accounts. If you're muted all your content disappears (like posts you made) but will be visible again if you're unmuted.
Jun 28, 2018
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#13
As for cheat detection, AFAIK they don't have access to anything like that.
And the ones who do seem to just poop a username into a program which automatically selects random games and runs an analysis... because I've reported obvious cheaters who are banned within hours... but I've also reported obvious cheaters who weren't banned for a few weeks.
So maybe the first auto analysis didn't happen to select the right random sample of games, so the cheater isn't banned, even though it's obvious what's going on (and some games are close to 100% matches moving at a rate <1 move per second vs peers).
Jun 28, 2018
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#14
But, ya know, there are probably close to 2 million games played on the site per day on a busy day (rough calculation). So I know they don't have time to dedicate 1 employee an entire hour looking into a single reported cheater.
Mods are like Navy Seals. They work quietly behind the scenes and you'll never see them coming.
Jun 28, 2018
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#16
RonaldJosephCote wrote:
Mods are like Navy Seals. They work quietly behind the scenes and you'll never see them coming.
Those would be ninja's...
Jun 28, 2018
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#17
VicountVonJames wrote:
As to what they can do-
-lock threads
-they get a free premium membership
-speak in that fancy green writing
-mute members
-I believe they can ban people, but unless it's for something obvious like multi-account in I'd imagine who they ban is discussed and regulated.
-they cannot be blocked
-lock threads
-they get a free premium membership
-speak in that fancy green writing
-mute members
-I believe they can ban people, but unless it's for something obvious like multi-account in I'd imagine who they ban is discussed and regulated.
-they cannot be blocked
I think only staff gets a free premium membership.
Jun 28, 2018
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#18
IMBacon wrote:
RonaldJosephCote wrote:
Mods are like Navy Seals. They work quietly behind the scenes and you'll never see them coming.
Those would be ninja's...
Quite true
Jun 28, 2018
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#19
Preggo_Basashi wrote:
Some stuff:
They have access to the otherwise invisible Mod forum.
They can see the otherwise invisible notes left on your account (written by other mods)
AFAIK they can see your IP, and do a site search using it. This would pull up comments you made even if they're from multiple accounts. I believe this would also find all associated accounts.
They can obviously mute and ban accounts. If you're muted all your content disappears (like posts you made) but will be visible again if you're unmuted.
Yes I am interested in becoming a mod. Not for the advantages but because chess.com is a really well run site. I just want to help out with running things smoothly.
Now I wonder what that noice green ink would look like....
Whoops wrong color...
Jun 28, 2018
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#20
superchessmachine wrote:
Preggo_Basashi wrote:
Some stuff:
They have access to the otherwise invisible Mod forum.
They can see the otherwise invisible notes left on your account (written by other mods)
AFAIK they can see your IP, and do a site search using it. This would pull up comments you made even if they're from multiple accounts. I believe this would also find all associated accounts.
They can obviously mute and ban accounts. If you're muted all your content disappears (like posts you made) but will be visible again if you're unmuted.
Yes I am interested in becoming a mod. Not for the advantages but because chess.com is a really well run site. I just want to help out with running things smoothly.
Now I wonder what that noice green ink would look like....
Whoops wrong color...
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Hello everyone. I understand that moderators have certain powers we regular people do not have. Could someone please list those powers so I know what exactly moderators get to do?