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Moderators
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Mods
The moderators, a.k.a. the mods, are in charge of Metafilter and have a variety of administrative responsibilities. The contact form is the quickest way to get in touch with the Mod team -- it sends an email to all of them at once.
Primary Mods
- Josh Millard, aka cortex, since February 2007.
- Jeremy Preacher, aka restless_nomad, since April 2011. She is most frequently on duty on the weekend.
- taz, since September 2011. She is most frequently on duty when it is night in the Western hemisphere.
- LobsterMitten, from October 2012 to May 2014. Returned as full time staff when Matt retired in March 2015.
- Paul Hunt, aka goodnewsfortheinsane, from October 2012 to May 2014. Returned as part time staff later in 2014.
- Eyebrows McGee joined the staff as a part-timer and often weekend mod in January 2016.
Volunteer Mods
- vacapinta, since May 2008. Based in London, he's the "in case of emergency" midnight mod, because sometimes spammers work at night.
Non-Mod Staffers
- frimble keeps the site's back end running smoothly. They handle coding, bugfixes and feature builds. frimble is not a mod but they will delete posts if needed.
Emeritus Mods
- Matt Haughey, aka mathowie, since day one. Retired March 2015
- Jessamyn West, aka jessamyn, from January 2005 to May 2014.
- pb was MetaFilter's tech person for nine years, departing in April 2016.
Partially taken from the FAQ: "Who's in charge here?"
Now they all watch the flagged posts pile up, delete questionable posts, occasionally post to the sideblog, and settle any disputes that might arise. You can email all the mods at once using the contact form.
