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I believe they were polling the list of moderator-or-greater-access users on each site through the API: https://api.stackexchange.com/docs/moderators https://ap

I believe they were polling the list of moderator-or-greater-access users on each site through the API: https://api.stackexchange.com/docs/moderators https://api.stackexchange.com/docs/moderators

mehrdadn 7y ago
Ahh thanks! So I assume they were just looking for moderators rather than employees.
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- couchand 7y ago
  That's where the 1 rep comes into play: the only way to get a diamond without rep is employment.
  - leeter 7y ago
    There are IIRC a few minor exceptions, but those are for smaller communities just out of Area 51 AFAIK and those still apply to users that have shown extensive involvement in those communities. That said those users still have more than 1 rep in all cases AFAIK.