Do you allow your mods to see IP info of your members?

chrispian · Posted: 10/13/2005, 10:48 am Post subject:

I let mods see them as they may see a banned user log in. Only I can ban, but they can help spot people trying to sneak back in.
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Capmaster · Posted: 10/13/2005, 11:26 am Post subject:

My mods all have the IP post button.

I have ModCP with the WHOIS hack as well, so the mods not only see all the IPs, but they can glance at ISP domains to beware of open proxies, for trolls and aliases.

They also have the cards so they can ban that way, or through the ban control module in ModCP. And they can issue yellow cards.

We started our forum under immediate attack from another site's members. They vandalized our member accounts (I had the 3-bad-try lockout hack at the time and they systematically went down our list and disabled several member accounts before I could ban their IP). They had repeatedly registered with aliases with the intention of stirring up trouble on my site. They pulled a few other stunts too, like substituting their rants via externally linked images, after they were banned ...hoping to catch the eye of some members. They are a hateful, sick bunch.

My mods have had greater responsibility from the start. Many sites only allow their mods to move/lock/split. Ours had to almost be surrogate admins when I'm not there. Needless to say I selected my mods VERY VERY carefully, and I trust them all implicitly. But I'm the only one with access to ACP.

But ....I have deletion permission set to ADMIN in all forums. For accountability reasons. The mods have a Closed Topics forum where they can move dead topics and whatnot.
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Cross_+_Flame · Posted: 10/13/2005, 6:00 pm Post subject:

Alan · Posted: 1/5/2006, 3:00 pm Post subject:

I only allow myself to view ips, as stated above, the only purpose of them is for banning and only myself may ban.
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Dog Cow · Posted: 3/28/2007, 6:15 pm Post subject:

All mods may see IPs on my board, though I don't think they do it with any regularity.
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Elfen · Posted: 1/25/2008, 10:37 pm Post subject:

For me, that would depend on the Mod level they are on:

Global Mods- get to see the IPs.

Forum/Thread/Room Mods- No.