Moderators: you can now view contest-mode threads in any sort

https://www.reddit.com/r/modnews/comments/30e8xn/moderators_you_can_now_view_contestmode_threads/

created by xiong_as_admin on 26/03/2015 at 17:47 UTC

444 upvotes, 20 top-level comments (showing 20)

Contest mode originally forced the sort to `top` for mods to assist in choosing winners. However, /u/timotab pointed out[1] that the ability to use `new` as well would be useful for moderation.

1: https://www.reddit.com/r/modnews/comments/2z913o/moderators_new_features_for_testing_before/cpgyzm7

Now you're able to use whichever sort method you wish when browsing a thread in contest mode.

Happy moderating, and thanks for the work that you do.

**See the code behind this change on GitHub.**

Comments

Comment by Gilgamesh- at 26/03/2015 at 18:08 UTC

54 upvotes, 2 direct replies

It's always great to see admins implementing suggestions so quickly - 9 days!

Comment by Butcher_Of_Hope at 26/03/2015 at 18:16 UTC

23 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Now to become a mod in a sub where this would matter. Also that's awesome

Comment by Astrixtc at 26/03/2015 at 19:16 UTC

19 upvotes, 2 direct replies

You know what would be really helpful is a contest mode view that throws out the down votes or ranks posts considering only upvotes. I do a concert series every year for Chicago, and every year, acts have all of their fans downvote every other submission. Back in the day, I could throw out the down votes with RES. As it stands, that's actually a great strategy to cheat on reddit polls and contests.

Comment by IamAlso_u_grahvity at 26/03/2015 at 17:50 UTC

3 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Thanks!

Comment by nmk456 at 26/03/2015 at 17:54 UTC

3 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Cool!

Comment by timotab at 26/03/2015 at 17:55 UTC

3 upvotes, 1 direct replies

You are amazing! Thank you!

Comment by astarkey12 at 26/03/2015 at 18:01 UTC

3 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Neat.

Comment by Motha_Effin_Kitty_Yo at 26/03/2015 at 20:45 UTC

2 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Thank you! This was a much needed change for large threads

Comment by ekolis at 26/03/2015 at 22:03 UTC

2 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Great! Could you also let regular users sort contest mode threads by new as well, in case they revisit a thread and want to vote on anything that's been posted since their last visit?

Comment by pajam at 27/03/2015 at 17:46 UTC

2 upvotes, 1 direct replies

Awesome! No please make toggling contest mode on/off show up in the moderator log.

Comment by Kappadar at 26/03/2015 at 19:14 UTC

1 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Interesting

Comment by Flashynuff at 26/03/2015 at 19:22 UTC

1 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Excellent, glad to see this change got implemented. Keep up the good work!

Comment by [deleted] at 26/03/2015 at 23:33 UTC

1 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Thanks!

Comment by alien122 at 27/03/2015 at 00:10 UTC

1 upvotes, 0 direct replies

umm, can you guys implement to hide scores permanently without collapsing all child comments?

Some subs prefer to permanently hide scores, and the only current way to do that is via contest mode. However the collapsing of child comments makes it annoying for users.

Comment by spicedpumpkins at 27/03/2015 at 00:45 UTC

1 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Can we implement a search by date range function?

e.g. posts older than 6 months, posts more than 1 year 5 months but less than 2 years, etc.

Thank you.

Comment by deviouskat89 at 27/03/2015 at 01:22 UTC

1 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Finally.

Comment by [deleted] at 27/03/2015 at 02:54 UTC

1 upvotes, 0 direct replies

ok never heard of a contest-mode thread

Comment by V2Blast at 01/04/2015 at 04:20 UTC

1 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Nice! I remember seeing that original comment. Very quick turnaround on the implementation!