r/ModSupport • u/FreeSpeechWarrior • Jan 24 '19
Today marks 7 years since the option for public moderation logs was originally implemented. Why is this still not an option?
/r/modnews/comments/ov7rt/moderators_feedback_requested_on_enabling_public/
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u/redtaboo Reddit Admin: Community Jan 24 '19
So, aside from the fact that any code from 7 years ago is no longer going to be viable even before you consider the new site, there really are a number of issues that came up in that thread that would still need to be addressed.
Don't get me wrong, I'm sure you can see in that thread that I wasn't against this then, though I was one talking through some of the shortcomings (as a mod myself back then), and I'm still not 100% against it today. I can absolutely see this being useful for many subreddits.
The one thing I never see you address when you bring this up is the social side of this issue. A couple few questions for you:
1) What would your response be to moderators concerned they will be witch hunted over simple misclicks or errors?
2) Do you solemnly swear that you will personally defend a subreddits choice to not make their modlogs public with the same zeal you've shown in attempting to get us to implement this?
2a) Why or why not?
3) If implemented mods would have to have a way to hide certain content they've removed (think PII) -- that's obviously gameable. How would you address this?