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To those genuinely interested in moderating (kbin.social)

submitted 1 year ago by daredevil@kbin.social to c/kbinMeta@kbin.social

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@Ernest has pushed an update which allows users to request ownership/moderation of abandoned magazines. Ghost/abandoned magazines were fairly prevalent after the initial wave of hype due to users either squatting magazine names or becoming inactive for other reasons. Now is your chance to get involved, if you were waiting to do so.

To request ownership/moderator privileges, scroll down to where it says "MODERATORS" in the sidebar. There will be an icon of a hand pointing upwards that you can click on, then make the request. Cheers, and thank you for your hard work Ernest, as well as future mods.

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[–] ernest@kbin.social 25 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yep, another way is to choose abandoned from the list of magazines, soon it will be more sensibly sorted ;)

https://kbin.social/magazines/abandoned

[–] PugJesus@kbin.social 23 points 1 year ago (4 children)

There's a 'jailbait' mag there that should just be deleted.

[–] daredevil@kbin.social 22 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I've taken care of it. 🙂

[–] PugJesus@kbin.social 11 points 1 year ago

The hero we needed o7

[–] livus@kbin.social 2 points 11 months ago (2 children)

@daredevil hey how did you get rid of it altogether?

I just noticed we had a "frenworld" (copy of a subreddit that was notoriously racist, antisemitic etc) and requested ownership thinking I could delete it but now it's listed as a magazine I mod and I can't seem to either delete it or detatch myself from it. I don't want it listed under mags I mod! Help!

@Ernest @ernest @PugJesus

[–] PugJesus@kbin.social 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

If memory serves the option is at the very bottom under the first page of the magazine panel.

[–] livus@kbin.social 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

@PugJesus you mean the Delete button? I hit that but all it did was change it to a "Restore" button.

I think this means people get "Empty" when they visit @frenworld. But the racist magazine is still listed on my profile as a magazine I moderate, which is the last thing I want.

[–] PugJesus@kbin.social 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Hm. The ones I deleted are removed from my profile.

[–] daredevil@kbin.social 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Yes, I'm aware of this. The magazine is not publicly listed as a magazine you moderate -- I do not see it listed in your profile. I noticed this problem a little over a week ago. While cleaning up abandoned magazines, I noticed in my profile it still says I have about 70 magazines that I moderate. An issue has already been raised.

https://codeberg.org/Kbin/kbin-core/issues/1324

[–] livus@kbin.social 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

@daredevil sorry, I should have updated. I messaged Ernest and he took took it off my profile.

I didn't realise it was a known issue, I thought I was just glitching, sinci it hadn't happened to @PugJesus.

[–] daredevil@kbin.social 2 points 11 months ago

Glad to hear you got it taken care of.

[–] daredevil@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago

I imagine transferring ownership is a manual process, but on the off chance it's automated, I've requested ownership and intend to delete it right after.

[–] bluGill@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago

Seems like names like that should be in a 'if you create the mag you are automatically banned ).

[–] quirzle@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

Has showed up at the top of my screen among the random mags disproportionately over the past several months too. It's what keeps me off kbin when I'm in the office around people.

[–] MoogleMaestro@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is great. I dont want to request moderation on too many so I just picked a few that I think I could handle and communities I'd like to see developed. (Specifically the manga and bitwig magazine.)

[–] daredevil@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Just a friendly reminder--claiming ownership/moderation privileges could just be a temporary thing. Implementing this system allows us the freedom to share and pass on the responsibility as our situations change. :) Best of luck with @manga and @bitwig.