Is there a setting that disables moderator’s ability to suspend users? I would think that blocking would be sufficient enough for moderators, and suspensions would be best reserved for admins as suspended members can’t pm staff to appeal as I understand it.

They will also lose access to flags - that could be a problem depending on how active the admins are.

[immagine] jomaxro: They will also lose access to flags - that could be a problem depending on how active the admins are. I would still want the moderators to be able to manage flags as that has been one of the common tasks our moderators have, also there can be emergency situation where bloc…

[immagine] dGr8LookinSparky: a suspended member can’t even log in to report. They would be able to send an email to the contact address shown on the About page no?

[immagine] Mittineague: They would be able to send an email to the contact address shown on the About page no? Yes, however, whether a wrongfully suspended member actually would report by that means would depend on how motivated they would be to use that e-mail at that point. I know that e-m…

As it stands you can not disable the ability to suspend from moderators. This is the only request I have seen over the years for this level of fidelity. We do however plan to roll out category based moderation this year which will allow certain users to moderate categories without the ability to su…

Removing the ability for moderators to suspend

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Silvanus 17 Ottobre 2016, 9:45pm 2

Just change the moderators to trust level 4 instead of being in the staff. As far as I know, they have the same abilities when it comes to directing the discussion (split topics, close, etc.), but no moderator (i.e. suspend, block) privileges.

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