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Originally Posted by BipolaRNurse
A lot of times we simply have to go on instinct. What I do is send PMs to each account and see how they explain things. You can tell a lot about people by their tone and their use of grammar and syntax---their age, their occupation, even their outlook on life.
It's not a perfect system; some "problem children" slip through and create havoc until they're banned, or they post on some other forum bragging about how they fooled the mods at X site.. But we watch all new members fairly closely, and if they don't cause trouble, we usually let them go on, even if it means a few people get away with multiple accounts (as long as we don't know about it officially).
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it's interesting how you all do it... really!
i've always wanted to ask questions about moderating and stuff, but not really found a moderator that i can really talk to
i was also moderator once (a junior moderator of a computer website) which totally sucked- because i suck at technology!. and, i didon't have access to many features... checking IP address, varifying acounts, etc- i couldn't do all that unfortunately. their was very few members too!
i guess i should update you on the situation..
yesterday i logged in twitter, and clair was their posting random facts about crocodiles. i tweeted her asking about how she knew crocodiles were bigger killers than sharks, and she replied normally
not checked today- to see if my acount is their, but i suppose if i did get banned or something, i'd get an email from the site?