Ask an atheistforums.org admin

[Jackalope]

Do mods have their own thread(s) that none of us can see? How many?

Yes. There is an entire subsection of groups that are staff-only, one for discussion, one for reports, and another for testing things. The admins have a section that only they can access as well, but we only use that to gossip about the mods (1).

(1) Joke not valid in all areas. Check your local laws.

[Jackalope]

Are you able read posts as they're in the process of being composed?

Nope.

[Jackalope]

Do mods have their own thread(s) that none of us can see? How many?

Yes, we have an entirely hidden section of the forums actually. It currently has 1,830 threads in it.

Hmm here I am pondering the consequences of shooing Tiberius out of this thread and asking him to get his own damn thread. Better not.

[Jackalope]

What are you wearing right now, CD?

Um, Khakis? (2)

(2) Joke not valid out of the United States.

For those of you down under, I'm wearing black running pants, and a dark grey t-shirt. And socks - they even match.

[Jackalope]

I think they mean they create individual threads for each report, in order to discuss what action would be taken or whatever. I might be wrong though.

There is a lovely user named Forum Bot who does all the dirty work for us.

If you report a post/user, Forum Bot creates a thread in the Report subforum which has all of the information we need in it, and then we discuss/vote inside that thread.

You all should rep Forum Bot. He's been through a lot. (Ask Beccs what she did to poor Forum Bot.)

And Panda....

[Jackalope]

So, is there a Mod/Admin only equivalent of A69 ??






(and I think we can all agree, that's going to be the best question in this thread)

Not that I'm aware of, and I'm pretty sure I would be, although that notion could be called into doubt of late.

[Silver]

Fine, here is my one question:

What is the overall consensus among the entire admin staff regarding my presence?

[The Valkyrie]

I seem to recall I admitted to banning Forum Bot ob the open forum and apoligising to him.

[Jackalope]

Do you guys get curious and read people's PMs?

No.

I (and other admins) have in the past, when investigating reports that require us to do so. I happens infrequently, and I personally didn't like having to do it on the rare occasions when I have. That being said, you should not consider PM a secure channel.

[Jackalope]

I just recently reported a spam post. Did that create a thread then? Did you see it?

I personally did not see it (because I'm answering posts here), but it would have created one. I bet one of us have dealt with it and closed it by now, though.