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2018: a year in moderation
This is a wonderful summary and shows in plain data how much everyone does to moderate this site past those of us with a diamond granting a couple of the more formal moderation tools. I am humbled by ...
bmikeMod
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2019: a year in moderation
Thank you @shog9 for your many years of service here. You were instrumental to me learning the ropes as I joined the sites and got adjusted to what it means to serve as one of the moderators here - ...
bmikeMod
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Was a user who posted a comment as answer assisted in commenting by a moderator?
Yes, moderators can change an answer into a comment and attach it to the question (or any other answer) within the same question thread. Usually we use this exactly in the situation you mention (low ...
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DIscussion: Flags
No.
It is true that some people post comments as answers, but my experience shows that those posts usually do get deleted.
If something answers a question, it should not be flagged as not an answer.
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Specific question about a real problem was rejected and account was blocked seemingly arbitrarily
I‘ve undeleted the question so others can have a look themselves (Apple mail always crashes). The comment left by another user there seems to be spot-on though:
Even if you're angry, please describe ...
nohillsideMod
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Community approach to legitimate quasi-astroturf answering trends
I would say - this is the perfect place to ask and make recommendations as long as you are here to answer all sorts of questions and help. When that happens, there's going to be lots of answers that ...
bmikeMod
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What does the Gold Badge next to a name on a duplicate post notice mean?
It is a tag badge. There is a silver, gold and bronze tag badge. You get one for each tag depending on the score you earn on each. For example. a gold osx badge shows this gold badge symbol when ...
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Is there a automated system to be informed on down vote
I wouldn't delete a post based on a -1 personally. Maybe if you're at -5 and you find the answer is totally not helpful / even when you misunderstand a question and make an attempt to answer, hundreds ...
bmikeMod
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How does the Community bot work when it approves or rejects my edits?
The Community User always is a bot. See this post on Meta SE for some more details.
Also, the profile page for that user is quite descriptive:
https://apple.stackexchange.com/users/-1/community?tab=...
nohillsideMod
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Only top scored, non community-wiki answers of a minimum length are eligible