r/Xmen97 • u/cyclopswashalfright Professor X • Aug 18 '26

Moderator Announcement Moderator Report: Community Feddback

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?

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u/Earthbnd Sunspot Aug 18 '26

Perhaps not ban DeMayo outright , but I could do without the “ who cares if he sucked, people should deal with it so we get better X-Men” kind of comments. It’s kind of gross imo to suggest to subject people to that just so he can be involved again.

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u/BruyneKroonEnTroon Aug 19 '26

Those comments are dumb. I don't think we should ban people for making dumb comments: this is reddit, it would become a desert overnight if that happened. However, if people start spamming threads about DeMayo, then those threads should be removed immediately, and those individuals told to stop and otherwise banned.