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"Stack Exchange moderators are not always correct and their actions are subject to community oversight and appeal. Moderators are users elected from the community and can make errors in judgment ...
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Meta Stack Exchange is different from most sites. It’s used by both the community and the company to coordinate across the entire network. Its moderators are commonly hand-picked by the Community ...
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Currently, in mobile chat, there is no way to cancel stars on a message. Could ROs and mods have a button for that?
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The Sheriff badge says it's awarded to elected moderators but it's supposed to work slightly different here on Meta Stack Exchange, as the FAQ states: Served as a moderator continuously for one year ...
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Sometimes I want to move deleted disruptive messages because they clutter the screen. However, that’s not possible on the mobile chat UI, and there isn't a workaround using the full site UI - if I ...
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There are two elections coming up early July, and here are the Question Collection questions posted on their meta sites: 2025 Moderator Election Q&A – Question Collection (Astronomy.SE) 2025 ...
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I see a worrying amount of downvoting and reversal. I would be interested in somehow - for example via a moderator - get to know why the user was so annoyed with me and perhaps the moderator could ...
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Feature Request: Allow moderators to view moderator messages for any users on sites they do not moderate. Rationale: This would help moderators better understand a user's past behavior across the ...
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According to this FAQ answer, a moderator review is binding and will complete the review. But not for Triage. I noted on certain instances on Stack Overflow and Physics where a moderator reviewed a ...
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I recently learned that moderators have unrestricted access to users’ followed posts simply by viewing their profiles. It's worrying and seems odd, especially considering that saved posts and voting ...
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Seems fine. Except… Journeyman Geek is neither a moderator nor was one 3 days ago. (He was a mod in the past, maybe that's related?) Furthermore, the answer in question had a score of 14, so he ...
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My answer to a recent MSE question was deleted by a moderator a few hours ago. I have posted the screenshots below for those below 10,000 reputation. Yes, part of it did technically use AI to generate ...
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When reaching 1k reputation, user gains the create gallery chat rooms privilege, which states: A gallery chat room allows anyone to enter, but only specific users may talk in the room, as determined ...
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Mods can view some PIIs of SE users. There seems to be no easy for regular (non-moderator) users to view if/when a moderator accessed their PII. Feature request: allow regular (non-moderator) users to ...
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In the post timeline, the margins between usernames are too small, especially when a moderator (with the additional displayed icon) has participated:
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When a staff member or a mod posts or performs an action on a site (like commenting, reviews, revisions) their status as Staff and/or Mod status is clearly identified using symbols or text set next to ...
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As far as I can tell, moderator elections happen only when there is a need for (more) moderators: either a new Stack Exchange site comes into being, a moderator resigns or the team needs additional ...
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I wonder whether a moderator on an SE site is allowed to apply to be a moderator on another SE site using another SE account. For example, the use of another SE account prevents others from seeing the ...
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I've flagged some ChatGPT-generated posts (in June) on Stack Overflow. Recently they've been reviewed, and most of my flags were helpful. Then the posts I flagged were deleted. Are moderators now ...
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The moderators of WebApps have taken it upon themselves to enforce a policy that all questions “need details or clarity”, even when the questions have plenty of detail and are perfectly clear, and ...
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With the risk to be severely downvoted and thrown to Hell by the existing human moderators, here is a heretical idea: Replace all moderators by AI-ones, making the life of the former much happier, ...
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As of the time of writing, 113 out of 538 total Stack Exchange network moderators have signed the open strike letter, a percentage of 21%, and this number continues to grow." This is claimed ...
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Does a user have their right for preferring upvoting over accepting replies? Can moderators suspend a user for preferring upvoting over accepting replies?
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As we know, there is a call for a strike from the moderators on the entire network. I support the moderators. It occurred to me, perhaps a little late, that my participating on the site as usual — ...
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Update: GPT on the platform: Data, actions, and outcomes As you may be aware, a number of moderators (on Stack Overflow/across the network) have decided to stop engaging in several activities that ...
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