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.
Tenemos la misma situación: una comunidad pequeña de unos cientos de usuarios activos, donde todos se conocen. Estamos empezando a usar GitHub - discourse/discourse-anonymous-moderators · GitHub de @david. Facilita que los moderadores alternen entre sus identidades pública y anónima.
Realizamos la moderación habitual con nuestro nombre y cuenta de usuario, pero contamos con una cuenta de moderador común y una de administrador para los casos en los que haya que imponer sanciones y no queramos hacer público quién las aplicó.
Yo tiendo a no usarla y siempre utilizo mi propia cuenta.
Sin embargo, ese plugin que permite moderar de forma anónima sin cambiar de cuenta suena interesante.
En las preferencias del moderador, pueden desplazarse hacia abajo hasta Título y seleccionar Ninguno. Un moderador tiene la opción de Ninguno, Líder o Regular. Aunque yo mismo soy administrador y moderador, he elegido Ninguno en mis preferencias personales y no aparece nada después de mi nombre… ni título ni escudo… nada. Si lo deseas, podrías elegir Regular y eso aparecería.