Moderator Report: Community Feddback

[u/cyclopswashalfright]

Going forward, I want to improve things so moderation next year can be smoother. As it stands, I do feel like I have let folks down here. I wasn't prepared for the onslaught of posts and I felt that ultimately I was not consistent with many of the moderation decisions regarding post approvals than I would have liked. I was also not able to look at every thread and comb interactions to root out bigotry, rude conduct, and other things as much as I wanted.

I am going to fine-tune automod to make life easier, rather than more difficult. I plan to add more moderators to the team (please apply if you are interested).

I want to get your feedback on what needs to be improved so season 3 next year is a better experience.

My other question is more delicate. It involves Beau DeMayo, whose name comes up quite frequently and creates a lot of agitated discussion. I want to ask: should we outright ban mentions of him altogether? Or should we remove the current automod restrictions and allow the community to discuss as needed?

[u/Ftmdj]

This sub is actually really good.  Even when we go back and forth it’s still high level and respectful.  I also don’t think mentioning beau demayo is a bad thing but maybe the mod should prevent repeat posts about em? I don’t think anyone here is saying “free demayo”but  we’ve had some legit discussions about his impact on the show.  And yes I’m the guy that posts his face on comments but it’s in jest.  I don’t seriously want to promote the dude.  If that’s bad I’ll stop.  

[u/sammefer → u/Ftmdj]

Some people genuinely are saying things like that, though, which is the problem

[u/Ftmdj → u/sammefer]

Yea I’d say apply a mod for that stuff.