Tags permissions

JCKodel

I have a forum with 1.4 million users and tags always gives me a huge headache.
People just don't know how to use it, so I had to simplify them at maximum extend.
But one problem remains:

I have a tag about recipes. Those recipes MUST have at least one subtype (H, N ou R) and at most 3.

The only way Flarum can handle this is to make H, N and R as subtags of Recipes (and configure tags to accept 0 to 3 sub-tags (0 because all other tags are single, no subtag)).

Now my problem is that people keep posting on "Recipes" (without providing at least 1 subtag).

So, is there any way to do one of those options?

1) Block users from posting in certain tags, but allowing when the subtags are allowed (current behavior: if the root tag is "only moderator and admin can initiate posts without approval", then the root tag doesn't appear and subtags are hidden from the common users. (i.e.: subtags are inheriting root tag permissions, ignoring their own)

2) When a post is blocked because it requires manual approving, it would be nice to allow showing a message to the user (this message should be tag relative. In my case, whenever the user posted on Recipes alone, I would send an e-mail/notification/alert saying: you NEED to post using one to three subtags). This would help to moderate manual approving: explaining the user why his/her post was marked for approval (in my case, I have a post estabilishing the rules, but the users just don't read it).

Flarum is quite weak in self moderation tools. Having a +1 million users forum to require a LOT of manual work =(

IanM

JCKodel Flarum is quite weak in self moderation tools. Having a +1 million users forum to require a LOT of manual work =(

Whilst there’s nothing I can think of right now about the tag/sub tag issue, perhaps I can offer some advise on moderation tools for many members. The Flarum community I look after has many times the amount of members you mention here, so we are fairly well versed in keeping things in tip top shape 🙂

What sort of issues are you experiencing with moderating a large number of members?

clarkwinkelmann

JCKodel you could get an extension developed to add additional tag constraints.

For example it should be perfectly feasible to create an extension that doesn't allow selecting a primary tag alone if that tag has sub-tags.

Whether we want to implement such a change in Flarum itself I don't know, that would have to be discussed in a GitHub issue. The best solution would be to first implement that in a community extension, so the Flarum team can see real-world feedback on whether it's a very wanted feature.