Moderator/Poster: 1 or 2 ID’s?

Should Moderators have one ID for moderating; and another for posting (so they can be added to the ignore list)?

why do you want to add them to the ignore list?

To ignore them?

It would be nice for some if you could put a moderator on ignore except in the subforum where he/she moderates.

why do you want to add them to the ignore list?

For the same reasons as wanting to add any other poster to the ignore list.

How do you know we don't?

Because it is illegal to have sockpuppets.

Because it is illegal to have sockpuppets.

why is it illegal to have sock puppets?

where do you want to start?

why do you want to add them to the ignore list?

For the same reasons as wanting to add any other poster to the ignore list.

Also there is no clear definition of circumstances in which a report is made against a post where the poster is also the moderator (if this is documented then I would be grateful if the thread link be posted here). It would be great if an independent moderator could explain what usually happens in these circumstances.

In my opinion it would be helpful and assuring for the Mods to have a poster ID and a Mod ID so as to give a clear demarcation between these roles.

i think a better idea would to be to have a moderator the same as an ordinary user in terms of being able to ignore them, with a 'mod hat' override.

ie, if you have a mod on ignore, you can ignore what ever they say, until they need to say something in the vocation of a moderator, in which case a 'mod hat' function or script would override the ignore.

i think a better idea would to be to have a moderator the same as an ordinary user in terms of being able to ignore them, with a 'mod hat' override.

ie, if you have a mod on ignore, you can ignore what ever they say, until they need to say something in the vocation of a moderator, in which case a 'mod hat' function or script would override the ignore.

Sounds a perfect solution to me personally - ignore function for posters....easier for the Mods too?

Easy enough to ignore posters you don't care to read.

Just do it. :D

Easy enough to ignore posters you don't care to read.

Not if they make racist or sexist or hateful or illegal comments; or cut and paste huge amounts of text or images or create voluminous threads, etc.

Personally, I think ignore is a much needed button.

There is no way in hell I am going to switch between usernames.

Yeah.
Pretty dumb idea.
You're not the first one to think of it either, although your reason is a tad less petty than the reasoning of the prior suggestor.

Personally, I think the ignore list is a sign of weakness.

I'm glad there's a spectrum of opinion forming...

I think all the mods should be forced to display Obergruppenführer ~ SS Sepp Dietrich's picture as their avatar -
http://img258.imageshack.us/img258/4692/seppsmod7.jpg
to reflect fanatical devotion sans much meaningful know-how, and beneath it place the caption:
Destroy, Erase, Improve .

This way all mod actions would appear to emanate froma single source, regardless of which of the over-abundance of them performed any one.

:cool:

Like priests?

Sort of...

If the theme was priests, though, I suggest this pic of Vincent Price starring in the film Witchfinder General as the "mod-atar"
http://img444.imageshack.us/img444/8831/witchfindergeneralpu0.jpg
And the caption
In Convicta, Et Combusta
;)

where do you want to start?
At the beginning. :D
There is no way in hell I am going to switch between usernames.
Since hell supposedly doesn't exist...:m:
i think a better idea would to be to have a moderator the same as an ordinary user in terms of being able to ignore them, with a 'mod hat' override.

ie, if you have a mod on ignore, you can ignore what ever they say, until they need to say something in the vocation of a moderator, in which case a 'mod hat' function or script would override the ignore.

This seems like a good idea.

Not if they make racist or sexist or hateful or illegal comments; or cut and paste huge amounts of text or images or create voluminous threads, etc.

Personally, I think ignore is a much needed button.

Why?

If someone annoys you that much, be they a moderator or a member, just do not read their post. As soon as you see their name in a thread as you are reading through it, scroll past it. Simple really.

Putting anyone on ignore will not stop you from reading what they have said in people's quotes for example.

If a moderator makes a racist, sexist, hateful or illegal comment (considering this forum encompasses members from all over the world, I don't know how exactly we can classify something as being illegal.. in your country or theirs?.. ), PM a member of the admit (eg James R or Plazma Inferno) and report it. Or you can report it to another moderator who can then pass the message onto admin.

if you feel that you need to ignore a mod then you need to PM your concerns to james and/or plazma.

edit
i see bells beat me to it.

There is no way in hell I am going to switch between usernames.

Agreed! :(

Moderators are not above the forum rules. They merely enforce. Any complaints can be sent to James R or Plazma Inferno! via PM. This is a good route if a mod is really breaking a rule.

I think all the mods should be forced to display Obergruppenführer ~ SS Sepp Dietrich's picture as their avatar -
http://img258.imageshack.us/img258/4692/seppsmod7.jpg
to reflect fanatical devotion sans much meaningful know-how, and beneath it place the caption:
Destroy, Erase, Improve .

This way all mod actions would appear to emanate froma single source, regardless of which of the over-abundance of them performed any one.

:cool:
Jawohl Mein Furher!!

`
Kewl Beans, Mein Herr !!!

Now the others must be whipped into shape !!!!

:cool:

They will come around...one way or the other.