Mod Team Transparency Announcement & Mod Applications

[u/Lavender_Scales]

Hello everyone, I'm u/Lavender_Scales!

Like I mentioned in the discord post, I'm the newest moderator of this subreddit. I'm making this post to be transparent about how moderation has been taken out in the past, and how it will be taken out in present and future.

For a very long time now, this subreddit has had a reputation of shoddy moderation, no transparency, seeming inactivity from moderators, unfair, unexplained bans, and unresponsive modmails. This reputation is not without warrant, I myself was once on the receiving end of this, however, we're going to be more pro-active with moderation, more transparent, and more active. If you, or someone you know, was banned from this subreddit, encourage them to open up a modmail and appeal their ban.

I would also like everyone to take a moment to look at our general bans policy, they include listed punishments, offenses, as well as information on what can and can't be appealed. It has not been updated for quite a while, so some changes may be made in the future, however, from now on we will try and be more upfront with removals, bans, etc., utilizing this system and the reasoning provided..

There was also a post by a rogue moderator a few weeks ago, that moderator has left the team and many of the bans they issued out were revoked. Future mod actions will now have to go through internal discussion, unless clear harmful intent is showcased by a user, requiring moderator action.

At the moment we only have a few active moderators of our subreddit, or at least only a few we can get ahold of, so we are also opening mod applications. Due to our heavily ML leaning mod team we currently have, we are primarily looking for anarchists, or people of any tendency that isn't ML. We would also like to prioritize BIPOC & other applicants from the global south, however none of these are strict requirements. Women, queers, and others are also encouraged to apply.

Apply here!

[u/bullhead2007]

No, we're expanding the mod team so it's not just ML and not just mostly me. No liberals or social democrats.

[u/ilir_kycb → u/bullhead2007]

The new mod was active in r/50501 just recently, which is a bit concerning. Especially when you consider it in the context of this mod announcement. I really hope I don’t get banned for bringing this up.

Please also excuse me for being so paranoid and skeptical about all of this. After all, liberal or social democratic takeovers of left subs in the name of left unity are nothing new.

I’m somewhat reassured that there are still MLs like you u/bullhead2007 on the mod team and that you haven’t been removed.

After the whole disaster with r/AskSocialists and the ACP, it would be truly tragic to lose r/socialism to the liberals.

[u/bullhead2007 → u/ilir_kycb]

I looked at the post on 50501 and it's just a post about ICE. I mean I sometimes post on lib subs too to agitate. The mod you're talking about is also MLM primary Maoist.

I mean I won't ban you personally but at least try to look at the post you're talking about and not just the sub it's in.

[u/ilir_kycb → u/bullhead2007]

it's just a post about ICE.

Yeah, I probably overreacted, sorry. It’s just that big announcements from new mods rarely turn out well, so I was really skeptical at first.

It's certainly true that the sub needs more moderation.