Selecting successors
Confessions of a moderator
I wanted to select people who could carry the legacy I had cultivated, but I knew it would be hard to tell how someone would do an unfamiliar job.
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A rant to remember
Confessions of a moderator
This, I realized, was a case of doxxing: publishing private and identifying information about a person on the internet.
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Berkeley famous
Confessions of a moderator
“You know, looking at your name, I almost thought you were the ‘Overheard Guy,’ ” she said.
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Dealing with disapproval
Confessions of a moderator
For the first time since starting the page, I tried to use my admin power to strike a deal.
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The worst mistake
Confessions of a moderator
It wasn’t long before I began receiving confessions about the one big subject that I should have anticipated when starting Confessions.
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When Overheard died
Confessions of a moderator
The simple concept – post things that were overheard on campus – proved effective, and by 2018, the Facebook group had amassed more than 46,000 followers.
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