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This is a great idea.
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Tx, Oberazzi. I hope the Flickr staff has the same opinion!
Posted 75 months ago.
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Yes, even moderators should have the option of inviting photos to groups, even if they are the invite-only groups requiring the invite in the comment of a photo.
Posted 75 months ago.
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My Symbiosis [deleted] says:
I'm surprised that this topic hasn't been addressed more. Maybe there are threads elsewhere and this is the first I've run across.
Before the change flickr made a few months ago, there was an owner and "other admins." Now there are admin/owners and moderators. The admin/owners can't be demoted.
IE, the moderator function should be more than screening photos or demoting members, but instead be more functional like the old "other admin" was.
Because of this, owners/admins are then faced with the dilemma of adding more admins, or not being able to run a decent group, or to invite enough people and photos, because, well, time runs out, and everyone else has to pitch in with those increasingly annoying icon invites! (Copy and paste, copy and paste, bleh.)
And many of us have now seen what havok a group with too many admin/owners (who can't be demoted) is causing all across flickr. Case in point is Flickr Envy, who for the 2nd time have had an admin shut the group down to private. And it will happen again and again elsewhere, as conflicts arise.
Unfortunately, what survives this in many cases, are 1-3 admined groups, who seem to love icons and rules upon rules as their groups grow.
Please give Moderators the right to invite photos with a drop down box, or at least consider a couple check boxes an admin/owner can make giving specific priviledges to Moderators.
In lieu of this, how about going back to the old way? ;>
Thanks for your consideration.
Originally posted 70 months ago.
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My Symbiosis edited this topic 70 months ago.
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I also think this would be very useful.
Wonder why it is not happening?
Posted 70 months ago.
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actually, the easiest fix is to have the often suggested "uber-admin" who is the only one who can realign the ranks of admins fully in both directions, and the only one who can (another important feature for a group founder) exercise a unique power: un-privating a group.
adding an invite-pic capacity for mods would be nice, as a toggle feature to permit or not by the uber-admin. this adds more subtle control of a group and spreads or concentrates control as desired.
i agree with My Symbiosis that groups with tons of admins are usually a mess, since there is no central control, nevermind the chaos of all-admin groups.
a bit wider palette of tools, selectable by uber-admin, for admins and mods would be very helpful. different strokes for different folks.
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My Symbiosis [deleted] says:
I agree Rippie, either way would work.
Saul, no clue. Not sure who pays attention here. Not seeing a lot of feedback on most of these threads compared to the Forum.
Posted 70 months ago.
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Bumping this up, any further consideration given to mods being able to invite photos to the group? This would be really helpful.
Posted 68 months ago.
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Yes!! Please please please!!
Posted 68 months ago.
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inviting pics is aonly a small part of the issue... staff? hello?
Posted 68 months ago.
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I also like this idea since I am a moderator in four groups.
Posted 68 months ago.
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Not only do I like this idea, but I'd also like to thank the mystery bumper.
Posted 61 months ago.
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Please... when is this going to happen???
Posted 48 months ago.
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Just to bump this up...
Yes, PLEASE allow moderators to do invites. Here's how...
Implement a checkbox that says "Allow Moderators to send invites" which only the admin (a regular old admin) of a group can turn on/off. If this is too complicated, then just automatically allow moderators to do them.
Why do we have moderators? Because we need/want help in our groups, to grow them, to keep them on topic. ...but, perhaps we don't want to give away *all* of the control of the group to others. Indeed, there's many cases of someone promoting an admin, only to have that person go wonky, then the original admin can't do a damn thing about it.
I'm willing to bet that in a majority of the cases, admins only make other people admins in their groups solely for the ability to do invites. If mods could do it too, then this would eliminate the problem of having a rogue admin that one can't get rid of.
Please Flickr... instead of constantly mucking around with how Flickr looks to us, give us this feature. It's sorely needed, and can only help add value to the site and it's groups. (And cut down on disagreements and fights among admins.)
Originally posted 41 months ago.
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loungelistener edited this topic 41 months ago.
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Just adding my voice that allowing moderators to invite photos would be a great feature. I'm puzzled that they don't have that ability and can't understand why it should need to be admin-only. I see the function of a moderator as someone who interacts with group members and helps with keeping the group clean and on theme. Inviting appropriate photos certainly could help with that.
I'm surprised to read in this thread that apparently four years ago there were two tiers of admins, "owners" and "other admins," and that went away with some change to the system. I didn't know that since I haven't been on Flickr that long. Why was that changed? It seems to be exactly what a lot of suggestions about group administration are trying to get back to. I think the main problem with admins is that they have too much power in a position where they can't get demoted. It seems what's missing is something intermediate between the current admin and moderator functionalities.
Posted 22 months ago.
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Our group stopped admins from using the admin invite tool because we couldn't keep up with who'd been banned and the admin invite tool bypasses the built in Flickr check to see if the person has been banned.
So we only use our group's invite icon which puts both admins and mods on the same level and if you use Trailr ( www.assembla.com/wiki/show/trailr with a discussion group at www.flickr.com/groups/869738@N24/ ), it is easier than using the admin invite tool.
Posted 22 months ago.
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Please enable moderators to invite pictures. If you promote someone to a moderator, you trust them enough to handle the pictures in the group pool. I administrate a couple of groups and moderate one, and I would strongly like to see this implemented.
Posted 12 months ago.
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