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[–]thoughtcriminal 5 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 2 fun -  (22 children)

What is involved exactly? How many hours/day would someone be expected to devote?

I might be willing to help out though I doubt you want me based on my recent post.

[–]magnora7[S] 6 insightful - 2 fun6 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 2 fun -  (21 children)

As much or as little as they want. It's not about how many hours they do it, any bit helps. Even if a few people each did just 5 mins once a day, it'd be a huge help. Seriously.

Content admins basically go to www.saidit.net/new and www.saidit.net/comments and check the most recent content, and remove anything that violates the saidit rules, which are here: https://saidit.net/s/SaidIt/comments/j1/the_saiditnet_terms_and_content_policy/

I'll be writing a "rules clarification" page soon, sort of an FAQ for how exactly to apply the rules. So everyone is on the same page about exactly how to apply the rules.

Most posts removed are flagged by users, so admins simply click a bright red 'spam' button to remove it. And then you can ban users if they're just botspam or clearly openly breaking the rules (advocating violence, spamming, etc).

But that's it. If we had 10 people who each checked once a day, we'd have this thing whipped.

[–]thoughtcriminal 7 insightful - 3 fun7 insightful - 2 fun8 insightful - 3 fun -  (10 children)

I wouldn't mind helping out on those terms, though I would probably need some clarifications on the rules first. I browse /new frequently.

[–]magnora7[S] 5 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 2 fun -  (7 children)

Sounds great! I will be making the rules clarification page soon. If you have specific questions about the rules (and it sounds like you do), please send me a PM with it so I can answer it on the upcoming rules clarification page that will be used to help train new content admins. Thanks. Looking forward to answering your questions and possibly having you as a content admin.

[–]Trajan 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (6 children)

I could help out there. My free time is a bit up and down, but checking comments should be easy enough with decent guidance on what to shitcan.

[–]magnora7[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

Any bit of help would be awesome, even just a few minutes a day would be seriously appreciated. I just finished writing and posting an FAQ about how to be a content administrator. It should answer all questions you might have about being a content admin: https://saidit.net/s/SaidIt/comments/8wao/saidit_content_admin_rules_clarification_page/

Have a look at the details and if it all works for you, let me know and I will add you to our content admin team within the next few days.

[–]Trajan 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

I had a read. It looks good to me.

[–]magnora7[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Great! I'll be in touch in a day or two, when we are able to add you as a content admin.

[–]magnora7[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Hello Trajan,

D3rr and I have just finished patching a bug that applied only to the admin page, so now we are ready to begin adding new content admins. You should be added as a content admin in the software within 24 hours (basically whenever d3rr is able to get to it).

Check out this new welcome page: https://saidit.net/s/SaidIt/comments/8wrq/welcome_new_saidit_content_admins/

We're basically ready to begin! Please message me if you have any questions about anything at all and I'll be happy to help.

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

Cheers, guv.

[–]magnora7[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Thank you!

[–]magnora7[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I just finished writing and posting an FAQ about how to be a content administrator. It should answer all questions you might have about being a content admin: https://saidit.net/s/SaidIt/comments/8wao/saidit_content_admin_rules_clarification_page/

Have a look at the details and if it all works for you, let me know and I will add you to our content admin team within the next few days.

[–]magnora7[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Hello thoughtcriminal,

D3rr and I have just finished patching a bug that applied only to the admin page, so now we are ready to begin adding new content admins. You should be added as a content admin in the software within 24 hours (basically whenever d3rr is able to get to it).

Check out this new welcome page: https://saidit.net/s/SaidIt/comments/8wrq/welcome_new_saidit_content_admins/

We're basically ready to begin! Please message me if you have any questions about anything at all and I'll be happy to help.

[–]jet199 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

I don't mind doing 5 mins a day.

I'm maybe a bit too liberal free speech wise but I can certainly spot the spam and ads and clear them off.

[–]magnora7[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Awesome, sounds great. Thank you. I'll send you some more information here soon. I'm writing the Content Admin Rule Clarification Page right now. Then you can see if it's up your alley. We'd love to have another person on the team doing 5 mins a day here and there, just removing ads and spam, that's exactly what we need.

[–]magnora7[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I just finished writing and posting an FAQ about how to be a content administrator. It should answer all questions you might have about being a content admin: https://saidit.net/s/SaidIt/comments/8wao/saidit_content_admin_rules_clarification_page/

Have a look at the details and if it all works for you, let me know and I will add you to our content admin team within the next few days.

[–]magnora7[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Hello jet199,

D3rr and I have just finished patching a bug that applied only to the admin page, so now we are ready to begin adding new content admins. You should be added as a content admin in the software within 24 hours (basically whenever d3rr is able to get to it).

Check out this new welcome page: https://saidit.net/s/SaidIt/comments/8wrq/welcome_new_saidit_content_admins/

We're basically ready to begin! Please message me if you have any questions about anything at all and I'll be happy to help.

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

You always impressed me as the calm level-headed voice in the cacophony. I'm glad to see you on the team.

[–]LarrySwinger2 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

Would you be fine with it if someone only removed rule-breaking content they stumble upon? I'd love to help, but I'm not interested in spending time looking for posts to remove. At most I'd occasionally check a global moderation queue if there is such a thing.

[–]magnora7[S] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yes, that'd be helpful too!

There is no global moderation queue, I'm sorry to say. The software doesn't exist for it in saidit code. Since it all has to be found in the wild anyway, your technique works just as well as going to /new or /comments. So that'd be great.

I'll contact you soon with more information.

[–]magnora7[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

I just finished writing and posting an FAQ about how to be a content administrator. It should answer all questions you might have about being a content admin: https://saidit.net/s/SaidIt/comments/8wao/saidit_content_admin_rules_clarification_page/

Have a look at the details and if it all works for you, let me know and I will add you to our content admin team within the next few days.

[–]LarrySwinger2 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Cool, I'm on board with this. I'm planning to mostly remove spam and bots, by the way. (Or rules 2-4, although I hardly encounter those.)

[–]magnora7[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Nice. I think we've got enough for this round, we've got 10 total. In a couple months when a few drop out we'll probably do another round of looking for content admins, so I'll be in touch then.