Howdy, I have a question regarding permissions. We had a staff rank on our old forums that had all the abilities of trust level 4 + banning (without seeing ips) which worked perfectly for us for privacy reasons. However, moving over to discourse we can’t seem to find a rank that does that. Trust lev…

In terms of permissions, that is all there is.

What’s the big deal about seeing IPs? Moderators need to see IPs to do their jobs.

Each community has their own way of doing things but I do wonder, if they can’t be trusted with IP addresses should they be moderators? When you say DDOS, are we talking about specific co-ordinates attacks on other community members dynamically assigned IPs?

[صورة] DreamOnPvP: they wouldn’t need to see IPs I disagree to the point that I say that it is often crucial that a Moderator be able to see a members IP Not so much for initial “corrective guidance” actions, but most definitely one of the many things that should be evaluated before a more s…

[صورة] Mittineague: I disagree to the point that I say that it is often crucial that a Moderator be able to see a members IP Not so much for initial “corrective guidance” actions, but most definitely one of the many things that should be evaluated before a more severe action is taken. I’m no…

You might be able to hide these elements that show IP with CSS in Admin / Customize; that’s about all I can think of at the moment.

Wouldn’t that remove it for admins as well?

Yeah but presumably admins would know how to un-hide it via CSS as well.

[صورة] codinghorror: need to see IPs to do their jobs For example comparing IP to check for duplicate accounts

Moderators, trust level, and seeing IP addresses

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anon60302432 31 أكتوبر 2016، 10:00م 3

Is there absolutely nothing I can do to change that? ughhhhhh

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Moderators, trust level, and seeing IP addresses

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