# "Cool Down" Feature for Mods!
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/cool-down-feature-for-mods/31583
**Category:** Feature
**Tags:** planned
**Created:** [7월 30, 2015, 11:14오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cool-down-feature-for-mods/31583 "2015-07-30T23:14:18Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@BBJMAX](https://meta.discourse.org/u/BBJMAX)
#### Post date: [7월 30, 2015, 11:14오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cool-down-feature-for-mods/31583/1 "2015-07-30T23:14:19Z")
Hi! I was wondering if maybe moderators could have a “calm down time” sort of feature to use.
Not banning or suspending users, and therefore not affecting them in the future. Just not letting them post like flag e,t,c for a couple hours to help mods defuse a situation in an orderly manner. Maybe even an automated PM reminding them to remain respectful and rather than replying to anything just contact a Mod…
Something like that… 🙂 😉
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### Author:  [@Daniel\_M](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Daniel_M)
#### Post date: [7월 30, 2015, 11:18오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cool-down-feature-for-mods/31583/2 "2015-07-30T23:18:03Z")
Even better would be if a mod can stop a user from posting on a specific topic for an amount of time, without closing it for everyone (and it would automatically unlock after that time)
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### Author:  [@BBJMAX](https://meta.discourse.org/u/BBJMAX)
#### Post date: [7월 30, 2015, 11:25오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cool-down-feature-for-mods/31583/3 "2015-07-30T23:25:05Z")
Yep, That’s a great idea! 🙂 😉
There could also be a trust level which Mods can put users on, which means they have to have any of their posts approved. This would be a good deterrent for continous trouble makers! 🙂 😉
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### Author:  [@purldator](https://meta.discourse.org/u/purldator)
#### Post date: [7월 30, 2015, 11:25오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cool-down-feature-for-mods/31583/4 "2015-07-30T23:25:57Z")
This sounds like “read-only” mode, where it fully mutes a user or users from doing anything, but they can still browse the forum. I know SMF has this feature and I have used it before to good effect.
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### Author:  [@BBJMAX](https://meta.discourse.org/u/BBJMAX)
#### Post date: [7월 30, 2015, 11:26오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cool-down-feature-for-mods/31583/5 "2015-07-30T23:26:44Z")
Oh does this already exist?
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### Author:  [@purldator](https://meta.discourse.org/u/purldator)
#### Post date: [7월 30, 2015, 11:27오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cool-down-feature-for-mods/31583/6 "2015-07-30T23:27:19Z")
Built into the core of other board software, yes.
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### Author:  [@AmiAthena](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AmiAthena)
#### Post date: [7월 30, 2015, 11:28오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cool-down-feature-for-mods/31583/7 "2015-07-30T23:28:26Z")
> [@BBJMAX](#):
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> There could also be a trust level which Mods can put users on, which means they have to have any of their posts approved. This would be a good deterrent for continous trouble makers!
Some of that functionality exists. You can require posts to be approved by any users below a certain trust level, and lock someone’s trust level below that threshold when they cause trouble.
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### Author:  [@Mittineague](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mittineague)
#### Post date: [7월 30, 2015, 11:31오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cool-down-feature-for-mods/31583/8 "2015-07-30T23:31:04Z")
Currently you can Suspend from 1 to 99999 days.
You feel 1 day is too long for a cool down?
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### Author:  [@purldator](https://meta.discourse.org/u/purldator)
#### Post date: [7월 30, 2015, 11:32오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cool-down-feature-for-mods/31583/9 "2015-07-30T23:32:27Z")
What does suspend _do_? Does it revoke all access to the forum? I think @BBJMAX instead wants a user to be able to browse/read but not be able to interact in any way.
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### Author:  [@Mittineague](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mittineague)
#### Post date: [7월 30, 2015, 11:35오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cool-down-feature-for-mods/31583/10 "2015-07-30T23:35:25Z")
> [@purldator](#):
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> What does suspend do?
A Suspended member can _not_ log in i.e. = anon read-only
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### Author:  [@purldator](https://meta.discourse.org/u/purldator)
#### Post date: [7월 30, 2015, 11:36오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cool-down-feature-for-mods/31583/11 "2015-07-30T23:36:54Z")
Thank you for the clarification. Now it depends on if @BBJMAX has private categories that an anon (a user not logged in) cannot see, but he _wants_ them to see, only not interact or add/reply to it in any way.
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [7월 30, 2015, 11:42오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cool-down-feature-for-mods/31583/12 "2015-07-30T23:42:23Z")
The block feature works as described. We don’t use it very much, right now it only kicks in for spammers who post the same links over and over.
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### Author:  [@BBJMAX](https://meta.discourse.org/u/BBJMAX)
#### Post date: [7월 30, 2015, 11:45오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cool-down-feature-for-mods/31583/13 "2015-07-30T23:45:29Z")
But, Then All on a certain trust level have to have posts approved…I mean an ability to make it user specific! 🙂
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### Author:  [@BBJMAX](https://meta.discourse.org/u/BBJMAX)
#### Post date: [7월 30, 2015, 11:46오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cool-down-feature-for-mods/31583/14 "2015-07-30T23:46:36Z")
Yes But-They may have messages a mod wants them to see and take into consoderation before they come back! 🙂 😉
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### Author:  [@Mittineague](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mittineague)
#### Post date: [7월 30, 2015, 11:55오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cool-down-feature-for-mods/31583/15 "2015-07-30T23:55:04Z")
> [@BBJMAX](#):
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> But, Then All on a certain trust level have to have posts approved…I mean an ability to make it user specific!
There is some misunderstanding somewhere. Suspensions _are_ per user, _not_ per trust level.
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### Author:  [@BBJMAX](https://meta.discourse.org/u/BBJMAX)
#### Post date: [7월 30, 2015, 11:57오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cool-down-feature-for-mods/31583/16 "2015-07-30T23:57:42Z")
Sorry, that reply was meant for @AmiAthena 🙂
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### Author:  [@riking](https://meta.discourse.org/u/riking)
#### Post date: [7월 31, 2015, 1:39오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cool-down-feature-for-mods/31583/17 "2015-07-31T01:39:43Z")
Suspensions are a bit of a nuclear option right now, though… and if they don’t visit during the suspension, they’re just logged out with no indication of what happened (except for maybe a moderator PM when they sign back in).
A bit of UI design around Block (change it to “Posting Block”?) might make it usable again, maybe with an expiry time.
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### Author:  [@Mittineague](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mittineague)
#### Post date: [7월 31, 2015, 2:55오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cool-down-feature-for-mods/31583/18 "2015-07-31T02:55:10Z")
> [@riking](#):
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> (except for maybe a moderator PM when they sign back in).
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> A bit of UI design around Block (change it to “Posting Block”?) might make it usable again, maybe with an expiry time.
IMHO a Message is almost always in order (exception being SPAM)
I know of no way to manually Block an account. I thought it was a System auto thing.
But yes, allowing a member to log in but not “create” for a short auto-expiring amount of time could work, especially if reading the Message was required.
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### Author:  [@riking](https://meta.discourse.org/u/riking)
#### Post date: [7월 31, 2015, 2:57오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cool-down-feature-for-mods/31583/19 "2015-07-31T02:57:20Z")
> [@Mittineague](#):
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> I know of no way to manually Block an account. I thought it was a System auto thing.
There used to be a way to enable it on the admin user page, but it was removed for being too confusing.
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### Author:  [@Mittineague](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mittineague)
#### Post date: [7월 31, 2015, 3:05오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cool-down-feature-for-mods/31583/20 "2015-07-31T03:05:58Z")
I can see how something like that could be useful, (but maybe _hours_, not days like Suspend).
A less harsh disciplining action
Any easy way to tie it to a “viewed\_related\_message” lifting?
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