# Which mod is online? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [August 10, 2008, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-mod-is-online/459522 "2008-08-10T19:44:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![NineToTheSky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5a626/32.png) [@NineToTheSky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NineToTheSky)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2008, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-mod-is-online/459522/1 "2008-08-10T19:44:15Z")
If I want to send a private message to a mod, how do I find out who is online? ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2008, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-mod-is-online/459522/2 "2008-08-10T19:48:54Z")
Go tho the main page that lists the forums. At the bottom, just after the listing of the forums, is a link called “View Forum Leaders.” That will get you a list of Mods/admins, and tell you who is on. EXCEPT, some of us have cloaks of invisibility enabled. So, while I am actually “on” the board right now, you probably won’t know it. ---
**Author:** ![NineToTheSky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5a626/32.png) [@NineToTheSky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NineToTheSky)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2008, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-mod-is-online/459522/3 "2008-08-10T19:51:36Z")
Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2008, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-mod-is-online/459522/4 "2008-08-10T19:52:23Z")
There is a link to view forum leaders at the bottom of the forum index page. It lists the mods for every forum and has the green lights that tell you if that mod is online. PMs do not require the receiver being online, however. So you can send your message and they’ll simply receive it once they log on. [Here.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showgroups.php?) Edit: Too slow. ---
**Author:** ![Gukumatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/74df32/32.png) [@Gukumatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gukumatz)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2008, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-mod-is-online/459522/5 "2008-08-11T15:18:48Z")
[QUOTE=Inner Stickler] There is a link to view forum leaders at the bottom of the forum index page. It lists the mods for every forum and has the green lights that tell you if that mod is online. PMs do not require the receiver being online, however. So you can send your message and they’ll simply receive it once they log on. [Here.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showgroups.php?) Edit: Too slow. [/QUOTE] Invisible Cloak Ninja’d! ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2008, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-mod-is-online/459522/6 "2008-08-13T01:04:18Z")
If the specific moderator is unimportant, I believe that clicking the red triangle in the upper right hand corner of a post is the fastest method. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2008, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-mod-is-online/459522/7 "2008-08-13T01:22:37Z")
[QUOTE=Sage Rat] If the specific moderator is unimportant, I believe that clicking the red triangle in the upper right hand corner of a post is the fastest method. [/QUOTE] When a post is reported, an email is sent to all the Mods for the forum in which the post was made - I only see emails about posts that get reported in MPSIMS for example. If you report a post and none of the mods are at their computers, they won’t see it right away. If you need to contact someone immediately, you should PM someone who is already online. Although backing it up by reporting can’t hurt. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2008, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-mod-is-online/459522/8 "2008-08-13T01:50:25Z")
[QUOTE=Marley23] If you need to contact someone immediately, you should PM someone who is already online. [/QUOTE] That would be easier if some mods didn’t set their status to be invisible. Regular members can’t see the red dots. ---
**Author:** ![Who\_me\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/958977/32.png) [@Who\_me\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Who_me_1)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2008, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-mod-is-online/459522/9 "2008-08-14T15:20:02Z")
[QUOTE=Frank] That would be easier if some mods didn’t set their status to be invisible. Regular members can’t see the red dots. [/QUOTE] I wish I could see red dots… ---
**Author:** ![NineToTheSky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5a626/32.png) [@NineToTheSky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NineToTheSky)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2008, 9:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-mod-is-online/459522/10 "2008-08-20T09:08:05Z")
Sorry to resurrect this, but I’ve just checked, and under ‘View Forum Leaders’, not one Moderator is shown as being on line. Is this correct? If so, we’re unsupervised! Let anarchy reign! ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2008, 10:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-mod-is-online/459522/11 "2008-08-20T10:20:35Z")
Moderators can be mighty at times but even the mighty have to sleep sometime. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2008, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-mod-is-online/459522/12 "2008-08-20T11:24:12Z")
[QUOTE=NineToTheSky] Sorry to resurrect this, but I’ve just checked, and under ‘View Forum Leaders’, not one Moderator is shown as being on line. Is this correct? If so, we’re unsupervised! Let anarchy reign! [/QUOTE] You posted this at 5:08. Marley23 was posting at 5:23, so you might have gotten in one or two good licks, but that boy never sleeps is seems. 🙂 And, don’t forget what I said: some of us have our visibility turned off, just to keep you on your toes. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2008, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-mod-is-online/459522/13 "2008-08-20T11:56:41Z")
[QUOTE=samclem] You posted this at 5:08. Marley23 was posting at 5:23, so you might have gotten in one or two good licks, but that boy never sleeps is seems. 🙂 [/QUOTE] That’s how it _feels_ when I have to work at 6 a.m.