Hi. I moderate for a message board site which is possibly going to switch to Discourse.
The moderators at this site post, but regular members are not aware of which other posters are moderators. We do this by having two accounts, one regular, and one with moderation abilities.
Is there a way to hide the moderator icon so that we can use the moderator account to post, without it being visible that we are moderators?
Thanks.
Interesting, I don’t think there is any way to do this other than switching between two accounts. Browser profiles are useful for this, e.g. http://www.pcworld.com/article/2089364/how-to-create-and-manage-multiple-user-profiles-in-chrome.html
@NewMod, I am curious, if you don’t mind. Why do you keep who is a moderator private?
Thank you. I will look.
We will probably end up using two browsers, as we currently do.
Good question. When I started, that was the protocol, so I can only guess why it was implemented that way.
My guess is that if a member knows that I deleted his/her post(s), that will cause some bad feelings, and it will be difficult to keep an amicable relationship.
Interesting. To the best of my knowledge, Discourse does not reveal to a user that their post was deleted, let alone who deleted it (but I’d ask @codinghorror to be sure). In the site I help moderate, we (the mods) participate as regular users, and moderate as needed. It has never caused an issue for us, and part of the reason why (I think) is that we maintain clear rules/guidelines so no one is confused when something happens.
You could try using CSS
i.fa.fa-shield {
display:none;
}
Not sure about the About page that lists Admins and Moderators. Or the Groups page.
Non-Moderator members won’t see the “post deleted by” posts, but they will still see “Closed by” and “Pinned by” etc. posts.
So I think you could make it less likely for members to find out who the Moderators are, but the only sure way is to have two accounts and remember to not post something while in non-Mod mode that will give it away.
“Oh, what a tangled web we weave…when first we practice to deceive.”
Thanks for your help.
Wir haben eine ähnliche Situation – eine kleine Community mit einigen hundert aktiven Nutzern, in der sich alle kennen. Wir beginnen damit, GitHub - discourse/discourse-anonymous-moderators · GitHub von @david zu nutzen. Damit können Moderatoren ganz einfach zwischen ihrer öffentlichen und ihrer anonymen Identität wechseln.
Wir führen die normale Moderation mit unserem Namen und unserem Benutzerkonto durch, verfügen aber über ein gemeinsames Moderator-Konto und ein Admin-Konto für Fälle, in denen wir Sanktionen verhängen müssen und nicht bekannt geben wollen, wer dies getan hat.
Ich verwende es eher nicht und nutze immer mein eigenes Konto.
Aber dieses Plugin, mit dem man anonym moderieren kann, ohne das Konto zu wechseln, klingt interessant.
In den Moderator-Einstellungen können Sie nach unten zu Titel scrollen und Keiner auswählen. Ein Moderator hat die Wahl zwischen Keiner, Leiter oder Regulär. Obwohl ich selbst Administrator und Moderator bin, habe ich in meinen persönlichen Einstellungen Keiner gewählt, und hinter meinem Namen erscheint nichts – kein Titel, kein Schild, nichts. Wenn Sie möchten, können Sie Regulär auswählen, und dies wird angezeigt.