I hereby apply for the post of night time moderator

agree with Zombie

I am the mod of a small forum, which is vair civilised for the most part, but interventions sometimes need to be made swiftly, and it is tough for one person.

still would like to volunteer my services though

and I do think MNHQ do a great job

Zombie would be willing to help as well.

She thinks it would take more than one person. She's been in the position of being the only mod on line when trouble kicks off (on a much smaller forum) and trying to keep on top of something like this by yourself is difficult to say the least.

I quite agree. Without HQ MN would not be here, and quite frankly, I couldnt manage without MN some days, but we have been told repeatedly that there are protocols in place, this shouldn't happen, it was just a glitch, and then it keeps on happening.
It just takes 1 person. Just 1 voluntary mod who can even try to keep these people out. Plenty of people have offered!

Of course not, HotCross - and I abhor what happened last night as much as anyone - but I think MNHQ do a pretty good job most of the time, and are considering ways to improve matters, especially regarding this issue.

Very probably MMe, but this isnt the first time. not even the second. Something needs to be done.

This isnt the first time we have been abandoned at 2 am and not rescued until at least 9am.
Relationships is often the busiest forum after hours. Do those posters in need deserve to be left unprotected from evil fuckers who post sick responses for fun, just because they are up late?

SDT I started a thread about this after the christmas break invasion. That was nearly 3 months ago.

Poor Tech.

Is the fact that people have been asking about this for a while perhaps connected to the recent increase in nighttime invasions?

How Long does it take to think about something so simple ? People have been asking about this for ages.

Given that Mumsnet is a great source of support for a lot of people surely nighttime is quite important that it not be clogged up with trolls and spammers? Anyone would think this was just some kind of money making venture which doesn't care about its posters....

I think they are probably all reeling with exhaustion from last night's shenanigans, HotCrossCatPuss.

This has been going on for some time. Could you think a little faster?

Justine at volunteer role! Very big society. Maybe you could apply to Iain Duncan Smith for one of those workfare people?

I'm in Oz, and according to DH I'm on here all the time , so if you are looking for night moderators count me in.

I think you need to increase night staffing levels, HQ.

We NEED night moderators. This isn't fair to posters from overseas, and it is t fair on those people who need after hours help.

Dale fuck off. Posting on threads about children with cancer is really fucking low.

Oh good, they are are a pita

Well, I am going out to try to hammer the message home that trees do not have hearts. There is something getting lost in my living versus dead topic ATM

It's a shame they are acting like schoolchildren though. You'd think that gainfully employed folk might grasp they have something to lose by acting like losers.

Like wives, and girlfriends, let alone jobs.

Tis a shame. I am in forrin too, and have spent most of the last month bored to tears of an evening dodging ridiculous spam and a few loons who clearly have something of a god complex (until they get bored). It's nowhere near 2.40am here - how quaintly UK-centric!

I'm sadly not a lesbian. I think it might be quite fun, though. I suspect it would get in the way of the husband and kids.

I just don't think that these newer versions of trolls are schoolchildren.
Daleington. How do you know that those of us volunteering are lesbians?