Moderation Flag changes, and TL4 promotions

[orenwolf]

Congratulations to our newest batch of Leaders: @alahmnat, @FGD135, @milliefink, and @gracchus!

@orenwolf

Discourse uses a pretty awesome system for weighing flags, so sometimes a single flag will still affect a post - it depends on both the flagger’s and poster’s Trust Level within Discourse.

That being said, another excellent tool the Discourse folks have given the mod team recently are statistics outlining users who flag often and are also often agreed with by moderators. These tend to be respected members of the community who are invaluable in assisting us with moderation, by frequently flagging posts in violation of our community guidelines.

Because of this, I’ve identified several users who are going to be elevated to “Leader” status. Flags thrown by these users will be given extra weight, and often will allow posts to be acted upon immediately. (Of course, as with all flags, these users are still subject to moderator review - nothing changes there).

The list of users with “Leader” status will change over time as we continue to gather statistics on those users who are most helpful in assisting the moderation team here, and includes removing users from that status if necessary.