by JC Denton » 24 Nov 2014 17:37
I've added the following users as moderators in the News forum: Qpo, Amor fati, Some guy, El Chaos, shubn, movie, The Hanged Man, ksevcov, and chevvy.
You guys are some of the most frequent visitors to the forum, and most of you have also been around a long time, so I believe that I can trust you. All I am asking you to do is delete any obvious troll posts from the News forum that you see: vulgar attacks against the site, attempts to discuss icy's theory articles, links to illegal sites, and so on. Between us, we should be able to ensure that no such post manages to stay online for more than an hour or so, and most of them should be caught within minutes.
I am not asking you to edit posts, move or merge threads, ban users or IP addresses, or any of that stuff. The only button I want you to use is the "Delete" button (represented by an "X") located on the top-right corner of any offending posts you see.
Any questions, let me know here. Just note that no one will hold you responsible if anything bad goes down. I am the only one responsible here; all I want from you is a few extra pairs of eyes and hands to help remove and prevent the very worst cases of what could go wrong here.
Please post here when you read this message, to make sure that all of you have read it. I wouldn't want any of you to miss this and not even realize you have that extra button now. If you want to be removed from this job, let me know and I will do that and find someone to replace you with.