Forum Activity for @perrie

Request for Moderator setting

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I hate to knock down your suggestions, but it is the fundamental differences between our two groups, that makes this a real problem for me. No matter how trustworthy I think a mod is, the temptation to look into an opposing group will always be there, and since now, due to an accident, my group now knows that this is possible, I really need someway to lock out admins from private groups... or maybe all groups, if that would be easier to code.

We do too much moderation to have mods just report. This would load down the few "trusted" moderators to do all the work (we archive all removed comments, incase there is a moderation dispute).

Having levels of moderation was the something that was really good about you know where. I don't see why it can't be done here, in some way, even if it means giving my mods two accounts.. one for moderation, and the other as a member, if it means locking mods out of all groups.

Request for Moderator setting

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Hi Strumelia,

I too, have set strict rules for my moderators and have a moderator's group. We even do conference calls to manage our moderation needs. But our sites are totally different, and therein lies the difference in our needs.

I have a political discussion site which spans the full political spectrum. Thus I have moderators that represent that political spectrum. I also have private groups that span the political spectrum. To say that far ends of both sides don't like each other, would be an understatement. Furthermore, this makes being a moderator a thankless job, so I can't be too picky over who volunteers to be one. The only quality that I look for is fairness and even temper.

I specifically never told them, that they could get into the private groups, as I thought the temptation to read the comments in there was too much. Over the holiday, one of my mods accidently clicked on one of my private groups, and left a comment in there, (thinking they were being helpful and this was still set up like Ning was) to check the settings on the group. Well the group flipped out and now I have a big privacy issue. Furthermore, anyone now coming in as a new mod, will know that they can get into a private group, and I am afraid that human nature will just take over.

Hence, my need to fix this asap.

Request for Moderator setting

Using Jamroom

Hi Paul,

Hope you had a Happy New Years

This is kind of an emergency for me. Maybe there is a way to lock out admin privileges from accessing private groups? Some sort of option for that specific function. That would work.

Request for Moderator setting

Using Jamroom

Hi Everyone,

Today one of my moderators decided to go into a private group and wish them a Happy New Years. Needless to say, this caused me a lot of grief, since no one but me, is supposed to be able to do that. Is there a way to configure Jamroom, so that we have a moderator setting that allows them to moderate comments but nothing else?
updated by @perrie: 04/02/16 03:32:00PM

Approving blog posts

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1) You want users want to able to approve comments on their blog posts before the the comment shows to the general public

Yes!

2) You want to facilitate an Advice Columnist

Yes, but by doing number 1, we would achieve both. So really it just comes down to the ability to approve comments on blog posts.

moving the "up" button

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Thanks Strumelia. The only thing that bothers me about Amazon is unlike other large companies, it is consumer driven directly. But it is a great thing that JR does back up our sites for 7 days and you have been a wonderful friend to me!

Approving blog posts

Using Jamroom

Exactly! Thanks Strumelia!

moving the "up" button

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A small amazon rant...

Let's start with that they are going to cause my husband to lose his job. They use predatory practices to put smaller companies out of business. They force smaller book companies to either sell their entire stock to them, or not do business with them. This also prevents the smaller book shops from purchasing books. After that, they force the book company to sell the division or lose everything.

People are getting bargains now from Amazon, but when they are the only game in town, the bargains will go away, and most people are totally unaware of that.

Approving blog posts

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LOL Paul! Communication Breakdown... to quote Led Zeppelin!

The blog post isn't what's in question. It approving the posts to that blog that is. (I hate to keep saying the naughty word) but on Ning, the blog writer could approve the posts before they were published. That is what I am talking about. So while the owners of the blog can edit/ delete blog posts, they have already been published, and it looks bad for an advice columnist to be deleting comments.

By moving her to the forum, she still will not be able to approve comments before they are published, so nothing has been achieved, unless I make her an admin, which I would prefer not to do.

Approving blog posts

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Paul,

I think you are not understanding what I am saying.

On Ning, each member could approve only their own blog posts. In other words, before a post was published, it could be approved. They couldn't do it to each other's posts, only their own. That is how all blogs work. I would think that is why you have blogs here.

Does that clarify?

I could make the Advice Columnist a profile admin, but then that gives her all the permissions that go along with that. I have read on the forum that there have been several requests for levels of administration... and I think this is just a perfect example of that. Again, we had levels of administration on Ning, and it made life much easier.