How did he get into the private section for my community moderators?
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Pivot to AI: Forum admin’s madness, AI edition: Physics Forums fills with generated slop. “The listed poster, ravenprp, has 2,891 posts ‘from three years before the account was created to a year after the account was last logged into.’ But a 2019 archive lists only 74 posts — all apparently from an electrical engineering student, before the site filled with slop in their name. [Physics […]
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"While many politicians are focused on shielding #democracy from the worst aspects of #AI, #AudreyTang is experimenting with how to use it to enhance democracy—particularly in terms of #AIregulation. Earlier this year, she collaborated with the #CollectiveIntelligence Project to introduce Alignment Assemblies. The #onlineforums enable ordinary citizens to weigh in on the uses, ethics, regulation, and impact surrounding #AI."
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You can now block OpenAI's web crawler from using your website to train the models used by ChatGPT.
This should have happened sooner. It is also not retroactive. Whatever they already have - they are keeping, for now.
For the time being, I've decided to block them from my own writing as well as the online communities that I manage.
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Didn't use Reddit, don't use Reddit, won't use Reddit. The latest issue is just the latest issue, all of this stuff runs deeper. Good mods have always propped Reddit up and made it possible to erase the past.
reddit[META] Reddit founder Alexis Ohanian is trying really hard to sell a book by recounting the "The Six Most Important Moments in Reddit History" and glossing over the times they made international news[Looks like my personal friend and super Feminist Alexis Ohanian is having bouts of selective...
“[After 25 years in content moderation,] I really believe that the most stressful situation is when an experienced member takes a turn for the worst. …
“It’s painful because they are an example to other people in the community. ... ‘That member has ... been in the community this long. If they [post] that and it’s up still, that’s probably how this community behaves.'” -@patrickokeefe
Community Signal · Safeguarding a Diabetes Charity Community and Knowing if You've Done the Right ThingSafeguarding is a term used in Ireland and the United Kingdom that covers efforts to protect the health, wellbeing, and human rights of people, especially children and those who are otherwise vulnerable.
At Diabetes UK, four people alternate by week as the safeguarding lead, helping to protect th
“Being [in forums when I was] 11 or 12, I learned how to formulate an argument and present it. The good thing about forums is you actually get to take your time researching, or putting together some type of thought. … Not only did I learn about managing forums, but interpersonal skills.” -Mike Creuzer
https://www.communitysignal.com/a-forums-focused-digital-agency/
Community Signal · A Forums-Focused Digital AgencyAudentio, the parent of ThemeHouse, is a forums-focused digital agency, with high profile clients like AVForums, Mac Rumors and Android Forums. There aren't too many (any?) agencies focused this seriously on forums, working at such a high level.
Founder and owner Mike Creuzer has been working in fo
I've been managing the same community for almost 22 years now, and we just had a member return after not having posted in almost 12.5 years. We've had several of these "gone for a decade" members, and it's always delightful when they return because you can tell they are amazed that we still exist and almost always grateful.
More in thread, as well as some thoughts on respecting community data.
It doesn't matter what cool features a hosted community software platform has if you can't easily switch to a different platform whenever you want.
Too many community builders choose to lose their history and beg people to register again. If you want to build 10, 20, 30 year communities, you have to treat your members and their data with as much respect as you want them to treat you.
I've been running one online community for so long that we've hosted a yearly awards program, where the community nominates and votes for their favorites, for 21 years now. 
During that time, 168 members have been nominated in 162 different categories, with 68 members winning. 11 members have been nominated 10 or more times, and 8 members have 5 or more wins.
https://www.karateforums.com/karateforums-com-awards-2022-winners-revealed-vt55511.html
www.karateforums.comKarateForums.com - KarateForums.com Awards 2022: Winners Revealed!KarateForums.com is an active and moderated Martial Arts discussion community.