Ask mods a question. - A genuine thread

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I feel Talk To Staff is a bit too stuffy for some people feeling comfortable asking small or simple questions to moderators, and I also believe there could be some more levity between staff and users.

Try to avoid using this to interrogate about moderation decisions, like "Why was I banned?" since that's something that genuinely should be handled in Talk To Staff. Threads posted there will be treated with more urgency and seriousness. Generally.

Use this thread to ask us questions, serious or not, and we'll answer them accordingly to whimsy.

 

[PP Police]

Is tagging people as simple as '@' ing them?

 

[DavidS877]

Is tagging people as simple as '@' ing them?

@PP Police yes, you should get a pop-up to confirm the right person.

 

[Smecker]

*Apologies in advance if the information is out there, but I’m just too retarded to find it despite searching for it*

Is there a list with the definitions of all the different cow and community filters?

Some are pretty obvious and I get most of them, but I am for instance unclear as to what separates a schizo cow from a horror cow, or why certain cow threads are allowed to devolve into trash fires while others are neat and on topic. Thank you.

 

[Orcinus Orca]

I want to make a thread about ineresting language comparison and/or a general thread about linguistics. I want to include examples of false friends in different languages, like Polish "urodo" (beauty) vs. Russian "урод" (urod, ugly person). Where would I post that?

 

[Useful_Mistake]

I want to make a thread about ineresting language comparison and/or a general thread about linguistics. I want to include examples of false friends in different languages, like Polish "urodo" (beauty) vs. Russian "урод" (urod, ugly person). Where would I post that?

General discussion, probably

 

[Eadred]

Is there a rule against AI posting?

 

[Useful_Mistake]

Is there a rule against AI posting?

Do not make posts generated by AI. It is almost never a worthwhile post. If people wanted opinion from a chatbot, they'd ask the chatbot.

 

[Eadred]

Do not make posts generated by AI. It is almost never a worthwhile post. If people wanted opinion from a chatbot, they'd ask the chatbot.

I'm not going to, but a certain user is doing this and it's disgusting

 

[Useful_Mistake]

I'm not going to, but a certain user is doing this and it's disgusting

People often report posts such as those and they tend to be deleted. Just report them.

 

[SandyCat]

Is the post highlight feature automatic on Q&A threads or do jannies have to manually decide whether a Q&A shitpost is deemed worthy

 

[Useful_Mistake]

Is the post highlight feature automatic on Q&A threads or do jannies have to manually decide whether a Q&A shitpost is deemed worthy

Highlights work the same on Q&A as they do elsewhere on the site as far as I'm aware (i.e. there's an automatic selection of posts + mods can select certain posts to be highlighted + Kiwi Gold members can nominate certain posts for highlighting (pursuant to mod approval)

 

[Squanto Airi]

May I wish all Jannies a nice day today?

 

[Useful_Mistake]

May I wish all Jannies a nice day today?

You may. And, thank you. Have a great day too.

 

[Xenu]

During #DropKiwiFarms of 2022, was moderating the forum that time more difficult compared to what it is now?

No scratch that, where do you get your ideas from?

 

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During #DropKiwiFarms of 2022, was moderating the forum that time more difficult compared to what it is now?

No scratch that, where do you get your ideas from?

Nope, not at all. If anything, it was easier because new accounts were closed or restricted and people were real careful about what they said.

And most of my ideas come from when I am dissociating from crushing reality.

 

[Preacher ✝]

Why is this considered a "reaction video" that needs to be mod-edited out of my post in the twitch streamer thread?

 

[Jotch]

how many janitors are black?

 

[Twix Eatr]

how many janitors are black?

My question for mods is whether "socks" are allowed if not to troll, engage maliciously, or help their primary accounts (backing them up, feigning questions for primary to answer, attacking other users, etc.)? Basically just a second, separate alt account.

There are certain things I want to post here that I might want to post elsewhere. An example of shit I've posted/offered would be code I've developed for specific tasks users are undertaking, simple Chrome/FF extensions/add-ons for easier archiving, originally compiled data/research on topics, etc.

While I don't post personal details or any truly wild stances here, I'm sure there's enough info to confirm any public-facing personal account is the same if they're sharing the same shit. I know I can just use a VPN and have another account to circumvent mod discovery, but that's annoying and gay if unnecessary. Plus Josh is literally the hacker known as 4chan and he'd sniff me out eventually.

I searched and most thread results are unrelated, so forgive me if this is in the rules somewhere.

ETA: Thanks for the effort you guys put in.

 

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Why is this considered a "reaction video" that needs to be mod-edited out of my post in the twitch streamer thread?


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If there's no text, it's considered just a reaction video.

However, you had text with this video, so it was deleted out of error.

how many janitors are black?

It is among population norms.

My question for mods is whether "socks" are allowed if not to troll, engage maliciously, or help their primary accounts (backing them up, feigning questions for primary to answer, attacking other users, etc.)? Basically just a second, separate alt account.

There are certain things I want to post here that I might want to post elsewhere. An example of shit I've posted/offered would be code I've developed for specific tasks users are undertaking, simple Chrome/FF extensions/add-ons for easier archiving, originally compiled data/research on topics, etc.

While I don't post personal details or any truly wild stances here, I'm sure there's enough info to confirm any public-facing personal account is the same if they're sharing the same shit. I know I can just use a VPN and have another account to circumvent mod discovery, but that's annoying and gay if unnecessary. Plus Josh is literally the hacker known as 4chan and he'd sniff me out eventually.

I searched and most thread results are unrelated, so forgive me if this is in the rules somewhere.

ETA: Thanks for the effort you guys put in.

It's inconsistent, but I believe it's based on whether or not the user causes problems.

Either way, I'm not responsible for sockpuppets nor whether or not they belong to a banned user.

 

[Twix Eatr]

Maybe I'll ask this in the talk to staff portion so null can confirm. Thanks for the response.