The discussion revolves around the differences between admins and moderators in the context of the upcoming improvements to group messaging. jomaxro inquires about a built-in system to message only moderators, not all staff, and whether the admin/moderator system fits the “all admins are moderators, but not all moderators are admins” analogy.
sam clarifies that moderators can be notified using a built-in group, and jomaxro raises concerns about how flags would work, specifically the “Something Else” flag, which sends a message to the “Moderators” group.
sam assures that admins always have access to all messages and content on the site, and jomaxro concludes that having an admin be a moderator is essentially meaningless, except for group purposes. Admins can do everything a moderator can do, and more.
sam adds that admins are slightly less “visible” than moderators, as they need to be a moderator to get a shield. patrickemin asks a related question about who receives notifications for queued posts for approval, seeking clarification on whether it’s only moderators or also admins.
OK, strange question here. With the upcoming improvements to group messaging, I am wondering if there is/will be a built in system for messaging just the moderators (not all staff). To go with that, does the admin/moderator system fit the rectangle square analogy (All admins are moderators, but all moderators are not necessarily admins.) With that, if a user is an admin, but not a moderator, do they lose access to anything?
The potential use case is when your site uses moderators and admins for different purposes. In my case, all admins are employees of the company, where the moderators are volunteers. Right now, when a user spots a topic in the wrong category or duplicated, they type a random assortment of moderators into their post to ask for it to be recategorized, or merged. It would be really nice if they could type something like @moderators and notify all moderators, without bothering the admins.
Continuing this discussion, I am curious how this would work with flags. If I am correct, both moderators and admins are notified (by a red indicator) when there is a flag, and both have access to the flag page in the admin menu. My concern, however, is how the “Something Else” flag would be treated. Right now it appears that that action create both a flag, and sends a message to the “Moderators” group. If the admins are removed from being a moderator (right now all admin are moderators too), will they lose access to this discussion?
This is a point not clear to me, I am the only admin on my site, I do not have moderators, who is getting notifies for queued post for approval, only the moderators, or the admins as well? Thanks.
