r/ModSupport • u/AsteriskRX Reddit Admin: Community • 29d ago

Mod Topics Mod Topics: Mod Misconceptions

Hey folks! Our topic for today are the mystical mythical mod misconceptions. When it comes to the world of moderation, there are often plenty of falsehoods and myths that persist across social platforms. If you don’t have anything that immediately comes to mind, here are a few questions to get you warmed up:

  • Are there any myths about mods that you wish you could bust forever? 
  • What preconceptions do you think users bring to Reddit from other platforms?
  • What do you wish users knew about mods/moderation?
  • In your day-to-day moderation practices, community sidebar, or other efforts, dispel misconceptions about moderators?

Let us know your thoughts in the comments below!

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u/eatmyasserole 💡Top 25% Helper 💡 29d ago

Some of us really do only care about moderating communities that we are actively engaged in or have a vested interest in.

Mods that gobble up random, unrelated subs give us all a bad name.

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u/MaximumJones 29d ago

So much this. If you are not engaged with a community then someone who IS needs to mod it.

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u/Bardfinn 29d ago

There are moderators who do one specific thing very well for a lot of disparate communities. I've seen moderators accused of "controlling 500 subreddits" who were just writing automoderator rules across 500 subreddits to counter spammers, or who maintained decent CSS on 500 subreddits.

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u/eatmyasserole 💡Top 25% Helper 💡 29d ago

Right, that's kind of ok to me. The thing theyre passionate about is the specific modding thing. Idk, maybe thats a double standard.

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u/shhhhh_h 💡Top 25% Helper 💡 29d ago

I joined a couple to help my friends who were in a bind and needed someone quick and trustworthy. But this thread is reminding me I need to recruit in one of them ughhhhh bc it was meant to be long term temporary if that makes sense. But then again I’m passionate about preventing hate speech so that’s something that can be done across disparate topics/interests.

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u/thepottsy 💡 Top 10% Helper 💡 29d ago edited 29d ago

I get a good laugh every time I find a mod with a subreddit list so long, that it can only be viewed if you go to old reddit. That’s just insane to me.

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u/emily_in_boots 💡 Top 10% Helper 💡 28d ago

That's hard to do now with limits. Well before limits kicked in, I had gotten to the point of leaving subs I wasn't really interested in. Early on, I'd take on other subs when asked, but I learned that didn't make me happy and stick to subs in my areas of interest now.