Do we need new moderators/admins?

submitted by Gravi from self.AskSaidIt

There has been a vast attack of spam recently and the folk here have raised their voice in ire against the spam, shall we request new mods/admins to help fight the spam?

What do you think?

I, if by the desire of others, may help moderate the spam!

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[–]Vulptex 10 insightful - 3 fun10 insightful - 2 fun11 insightful - 3 fun -  (9 children)

What we need even more than more mods is more anti-spam tools. Technically saidit does have a few more tools that are native to reddit, but there's no frontend for them so they can't be accessed. I made frontends for some of them, but those updates haven't been pushed to the live site yet.

[–]bucetao6969 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

You're good, man. Wish magnora7 was more upbeat.

[–]hfxB0oyA 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Good on you for that.

[–]0_0 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (4 children)

The last commit in the official project was in June 2018. I'm not holding my breath.

[–]Vulptex 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

My repo is now the official one apparently. There's also a commit in the old one from November 2022 (the one from June 2023 is just a README update pointing to my repo): https://github.com/libertysoft3/saidit/commits/master

[–]0_0 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

When was the last time your repo was pushed to production?

[–]Vulptex 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

It never has been, because there haven't been any pushes to production for a long time. The owner is afraid of git so updates are rare.

[–]hfxB0oyA 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Weird. Why would Magnora be afraid of git?

Also @vulptex - please see this post. If I get something made, is there even a chance it would be pushed then?

[–]IkeConn 9 insightful - 4 fun9 insightful - 3 fun10 insightful - 4 fun -  (1 child)

No. I block them every morning. The mods don't get paid to ban hammer bone conducting headset spam.

[–]makesyoudownvote 6 insightful - 4 fun6 insightful - 3 fun7 insightful - 4 fun -  (0 children)

Agreed. Moderation should be as minimalist as possible to keep a pleasant experience.

Their primary job should be banning Socks and all his at accounts.

Wait a second... Socks... Shokz... OH MY GOD!

[–]newguy 7 insightful - 2 fun7 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

Nah, kind of liberating just seeing everything and knowing no person behind the scenes is selectively curating the info to make a bullshit point of view. You're just getting the raw info stream

[–]send_nasty_stuff 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Well said. Such a good point.

[–]neolib 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Did you see this, for example? https://saidit.net/s/politics/modlog

[–]Alphix 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Too much of that and soon we won't find any interesting topics. Just "tech support in New Delhi" and "bone conduction headphones" oh and "Buy viagra online". Almost forgot that one.

[–]Musky 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (9 children)

Yes, we're losing people to spam.

[–]bucetao6969 3 insightful - 3 fun3 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 3 fun -  (8 children)

We're loosing people to the nwords in the frontpage.

[–]ionlysaynigger 5 insightful - 9 fun5 insightful - 8 fun6 insightful - 9 fun -  (2 children)

nigger

[–]swordofdamocles42 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

can we say nigger? awesome

[–]Alphix 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Yes, faggot.

[–]TaseAFeminist4Jesus 5 insightful - 6 fun5 insightful - 5 fun6 insightful - 6 fun -  (4 children)

They're probably pussies, though.

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    [–]TaseAFeminist4Jesus 3 insightful - 4 fun3 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 4 fun -  (2 children)

    Yeah, my username is totally 100% serious, Professor.

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      [–]SMCAB 2 insightful - 3 fun2 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

      Bitch, you're a nigger jew faggot.

      And stop upvoting yourself you little bitch.

      [–]LarrySwinger2 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (7 children)

      Yes, we do. /u/magnora7 please add a bunch of community admins or whatever you call it.

      [–]Vulptex 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

      Part of the problem is no one ever made a frontend for any of reddit's anti-spam tools, not so much that there aren't enough admins (although there's never anything wrong with having more). I did make some frontends but the site hasn't been updated since before then.

      [–]bucetao6969 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

      I mean reddit had a active owner that made constant changes to the website. I think if we ignore the content control, the hivemind mindset and the new reddit, it was a good haul. They even let you use the original old reddit.

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        [–]LarrySwinger2 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

        That won't happen here. It's to combat spam. Two people just left because of it.

        [–]hfxB0oyA 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

        I keep dreaming about writing a browser iteration that would allow each individual to do their own modding...

        [–]LarrySwinger2 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

        Could you expand on that? On an individual level there's already the ability to block users, but I'm guessing people will get tired of that at some point.

        [–]hfxB0oyA 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

        I just mess around with code sometimes and there are things out there that will allow you to fairly easily insert a browser window. If I had the time, I'd like to put something in between that allows you to block phrases (like bone conducting headphones), warn if a link is going to sites you don't want to give clicks to (Vice, for instance), and the like. I know there are plugins that will do all this stuff already, so I doubt I'll ever action this.

        [–]Canbot 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

        I dont see why the automod can't block the words "bone conducting headphones". Or make posts from accounts with less than 20 points need approval.

        [–]LarrySwinger2 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

        It isn't nice to introduce barriers to participation, because it can deter potentially good posters. Automod is a good measure.

        [–]MagicMike 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

        If it’s clearly stated that no one can be arbitrarily banned without at least 3 mods agreeing and a difference of opinion cannot be the basis for a ban, then sure. What worries me is it becomes Reddit Lite.

        [–]HibikiBlack 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

        I'm all for it. More power to me!

        [–]Alphix 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

        Yes we do! Abandoned subs are not cool!

        [–]bucetao6969 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

        Yes

        [–]Scolias 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

        I wouldn't mind helping out nuking spam.

        [–]DirewolfGhost 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

        No

        [–]swordofdamocles42 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

        no !!!!!!

        the people who want to be the new mods, are involved in the spam. its a common tactic.

        [–]Clown_Chan 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

        I dunno, I don't really care.

        But I'd prefer as little modderation as possible.

        [–]LarrySwinger2 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

        All things in moderation.

        [–]brannie 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

        spam is free speech

        [–]Alphix 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

        No, it's PAID speech.

        [–]hfxB0oyA 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

        It's paid free speech.

        or if you're reading it, it's free paid speech.

        [–]Mcheetah 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (6 children)

        Moderators are what ruined Reddit to begin with. Why the FUCK would you want that shit over here? All we need is anti-spam AI or algorithms and we're good. Maybe don't allow more than one link than 24 hours or something.

        [–]Alphix 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

        First and foremost, because THIS IS NOT REDDIT. Our culture is hugely different. Many of us longer-time users of this site erase our accounts on occasion, for various reasons. This causes abandoned subs. That's not good. Also, we have a limit on how many subs you can mod.

        So yes, we do need more mods!

        [–]hfxB0oyA 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

        I'll help with modding spam if you want. Can't say I'll be remarkably consistent, but I'd do my best.

        [–]Alphix 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

        I am no admin, so...

        [–]hfxB0oyA 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

        Whoops, I read too fast and thought you were Vulptex.

        [–]Clown_Chan 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

        100% this^

        Besides, we are all adults here for fuck's sake, we can moderate ourselves, we don't need any internet nannies like adultbabies on Reddit.

        [–]Alphix 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

        What about the spammers and the abandoned subs?

        How much fun to read WorldNews_new_new_new right?

        [–]dissidentrhetoric 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

        Lets give some government agents mod rights