Genius - Moderator Tips lyrics

Marking as spam Spam is used only for spam. If you are ever unsure, don't mark as spam. Hit a Staff Member up and they'll help you out! Here's some advice on marking as spam: • What does marking a user as spam do? • What does marking a comment as spam do? • What do you do with spammy song pages? Sometimes it's hard to determine whether something is spam or not. DON'T mark these things as spam: • Annoying users/trolls • p**n spammers • Users that have any non-spam stuff DO mark these things as spam: • Love guru stuff • Illuminati stuff • Ad-like pages • Random letter typing (sdkfjwoefnoia) • Online dating stuff • Fake certificates Deleting song pages When you find a duplicate, don't delete it right away! Make sure you first: • Figure out the "better" page • Merge annotations to it • Message people to let them know • Delete OR hide Making postlets Each tag has its own set of postlets! To create one: • Click "New Postlet" • Click "Next" • Add the title of the post • Add the content of the post • Keep the postlets clean Moderating difficult situations In any situation, there's two ways to experience them: you literally witness the act or you hear about it from a third party. Some common situations you'll run into as a moderator are: • Bullying/hara**ment • p**n • Trolling To handle these situations, think like a moderator. Here's 3 words that rhyme and tell you what to do when you encounter an issue: • Investigate • Communicate • Mediate Sometimes when you mediate a situation, you find it requires some form of punishment. More times than not this isn't required, but in the cases that it is, really think the situation through. Here are the types of punishments: • Penalty box • De-ed • De-mod