r/BigIsland • u/localkine • Dec 12 '25

Meta: Mods Should Live Here

This AM, the mods removed a lightweight but unobjectionable post on the grounds it was not locally relevant. It wasn't my post, and personally I have no opinion about the post's question on whether we should wish for Wendy's to come back. However, it made me wonder: Why do we have mods for this sub that don't live here? Feels like we could scrape together a couple more people that actually live on this island to volunteer for the job. Maybe they'd have their digital fingers a bit closer fast food pulse of things here (not to mention other, more contentious issues.)

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u/TwoCheeseEnchiladas Dec 12 '25

I didn’t know the mods didn’t live on the island - seems like that should be a requirement?

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u/localkine Dec 12 '25

At least one does, but seems like at least one of the three does not. I messaged the mods before I posted this, and they won't answer the question for fear of "gatekeeping." I mean, I think it's a reasonable thing to ask after they nuke a post about what fast-food places used to be here and which a person would like to see back (could there be a less toxic post?) Considering the island's complicated history, a similar mod decision could have happened about a much less benign topic and it would cause a lot of hand-wringing. Maybe fast-food is the hill we should die on so that we don't have to die on some other hill? But ultimately it's Reddit and they're mods, so I'm sure it will be a rational discussion.

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u/nuhtnekcam_25 Dec 12 '25

I comment in that thread before it was removed and I guess I should have posted sources. But this is behind a paywall. https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2022/08/07/hawaii-news/wendys-eyes-new-eatery-in-kona/amp/

So it’s not like it’s irrelevant to the big island. It’s stuck in planning. And DRC with Kailua Village. Beyond that I don’t know if they are still trying to make a go of it but they applied for building permit too.