I’m a 10 months account, 2,5k karma, 1k contributions, for my emblems watch my profile.

I want to become a moderator to help communities, but idk how it works and what I’ve exactly to do…

Pls help, everything is well accepted

I'm currently working on my second subreddit, despite already moderating a much larger community with almost 40k weekly visitors.

And one thing I've noticed is that people sometimes have unrealistic expectations of a brand-new community.

My latest project focuses on buying advice. However, when your subreddit barely has any visitors, you can't exactly expect people to start posting detailed questions and receiving multiple answers.

So I'm trying to build some initial activity by sharing relevant news articles and discussion topics.

Yet I've already had several users questioning why I'm posting news instead of buying advice.

I mean, what do they expect? An established community doesn't appear out of nowhere.

I understand that people want to see actual discussions, but somebody has to put in the initial work before that can happen.

How do you deal with users who criticize the lack of activity in a community that's still being built? Do you just ignore them, explain the situation, or take a different approach?

I read the rules, my shit is not breaking the rules. I feel like I am doing something wrong because literally the last 10 or so posts I’ve tried to make in different groups are never allowed. I’m pretty much over reddit at this point, i get more help in facebook groups anyway but it’s pretty discouraging when someone is really needing help with something and some mod just doesn’t push my question after I thoughtfully type it out.

AND if I was somehow breaking the rule could I maybe get some feedback as to HOW? Like how can I edit my question to your highness’s liking if I don’t even know what I am doing wrong?

First to the moderator, I'd like to say thank you for the heads up. To all those reporting my emoji comments as spam, Shame on You!! I have participated in conversations in this community. If you look up my profile you'd know I'm not a bot. Rather than repeat what someone says that I fully agree with or trying to send a award, which at times gives me trouble. I reply with a emoji. I do this in all the communities I belong to. Also it's very quick & convenient to do. I wonder if those who are reporting it as spam are just upset with the comments I agree with. People can be truly petty. Its sad No One asked was I a bot like I've seen folks ask others when they suspect this. AGAIN anyone reporting could have checked my profile/account and found the truth. I really enjoy being a part of this community & the many others I belong too. But this really blew me.I haven't had this problem brought to me in any other community. To be mass reported as a bot without checking my profile or just flat out asking me is lazy & petty !!

This is a genuine question I've seen a lot of people wanting to become mods so I thought maybe they pay smg, tbf it seems like a full day job.

Hello everyone!

I'm interested in understanding how Reddit moderation works and how someone can become a moderator.

My account will meet the 90-day eligibility requirement in the future, and I'm considering exploring moderation opportunities after that.

I have a few questions for experienced moderators and people familiar with Reddit:

How can someone become a moderator of an existing subreddit?

Is it better to start and manage your own subreddit or join an existing moderation team?

What are the actual benefits of being a Reddit moderator?

What are the biggest challenges or disadvantages?

How much time and effort does moderation generally require?

Does being a moderator help you develop any useful skills or gain experience?

What advice would you give someone who is considering becoming a moderator for the first time?

I'd appreciate honest opinions, including both positive and negative experiences.

I'm not looking at moderation as a way to gain power or authority. I'm genuinely interested in understanding the responsibilities, experience and overall commitment involved.

Thanks in advance!

Good afternoon everyone. I hope you're all having a nice Saturday.

So I have a question about animal cruelty/abuse posts. I'm beginning to see a lot of it on Reddit. It's disturbing.

There's a very popular subreddit that currently has a post up where a child is terribly mistreating a kitten. I reported the post and I also reported a link within the post showing where the person got content from. Of course it's from Facebook the cesspit of all social media and I don't have an account so that I can report it there.

Maybe this hits harder for me because my 20-year-old cat is being euthanized on Wednesday and I just can't tolerate it when I see an innocent creature who relies on their people to love them and keep them safe, being treated as if it were stuffed animal.

I don't see any specific rules either on the subreddit I found it on, or on Reddit about this kind of thing, so how is this handled?

*Edited to add I was pointed to rule one in order to report this and I've now done so.

Okay I have a lot to add. The original post was about my mother scratching my OLED monitor, which is a noticeable scratch but it's nothing that destroys the monitor permanently. It got taken out in less than an hour. And it got huge traction. I think it got around 5K likes in like 40 minutes. I really wanted to get some free karma from that but of course it was removed. I messaged the mods around a month later because I was too lazy.

This mod said after a short conversation about why my post was taken out

"It's because it didn't fit the sub. Check out sub's rules & description for more details. That was more suited for the ..., ... sub."

And then when i gave him an example of a post that doesn't meet the rules, even more he said
"Get out of here. This post is 1 year old." (and he muted me for a month)
Exactly, that is my point. You take down my post about a small inconvenience worth at the most $600 but you don't take down a post that is up for more than a year already and that loses tens of millions of dollars, if not hundreds of millions.
And is there anything i can do to maybe recover that post cause i really care abt it?

I am trying to understand the submission guidelines for this community. My previous posts discussing moderator actions or trying to start a discussion keep getting automatically flagged and removed by the AutoMod. Since this subreddit is specifically designed to ask moderators questions, what are the specific formatting rules or topic restrictions we need to follow so our actual questions can get through and be discussed?

I'm genuinely upset about something that happened to me on Reddit, and I'd like to hear the perspective of people who understand how moderation works.

I wrote a fan theory about two characters from a TV series. It was based entirely on my own observations, interpretations, arguments and references from the books and the show.

I was really excited to post it. People started commenting, discussing the theory, disagreeing and sharing their thoughts. It was exactly the kind of discussion I had hoped for.

But English isn't my first language, so I used ChatGPT to help me with the wording. The ideas were mine. The arguments were mine. I didn't ask it to invent a theory or write a post for me. I just wanted to express myself more clearly in English.

The moderators removed my post under their rule against AI-generated content.

I contacted them and explained the situation. I tried to make them understand that there's a difference between asking AI to create something and using it as a language tool. But they weren't interested.

And honestly, it really hurt.

I've spent my own time thinking about this topic, putting my thoughts together and getting excited about sharing them with other fans. And suddenly my work is labelled AI-generated simply because I needed help with English.

Does this mean that people who aren't native English speakers have to choose between writing imperfect English and risking having their original thoughts dismissed as AI-generated?

I understand the frustration with low-effort AI content. I don't want to read posts where someone just asks ChatGPT a question and copies the answer either.

But shouldn't there be a distinction between AI creating the content and helping someone communicate their own ideas?

I'd really like to hear what moderators think. Am I being unreasonable here?

I've recently created a community focused on legal branding, but I'm starting from zero and would love some advice from people who have experience building and moderating communities on Reddit.

How do you actually get a new community off the ground?

I'm particularly interested in things like:

• How do you get the first members to join?

• What kind of posts or discussions should you start with?

• How frequently should you post when there are very few members?

• How do you encourage people to participate rather than just join and remain inactive?

• Are there particular strategies that help a new subreddit gain visibility?

• What should a moderator focus on during the early stages?

I'd also love to know what mistakes new moderators commonly make when trying to grow a community.

I'm not necessarily looking for quick growth hacks. I'd rather build an active community where people genuinely find value in participating.

Any practical tips or experiences would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

I actually have more than one question but cause of a title limit I'm gonna ask the rest of my questions here but I'm gonna explain my first question so why is my post locked when it's not solved? The problem of the post isn't really solved and it got locked after day 7 my second question is why did my post locked after 7 days instead of 28 or 29 or 30 or 31 days? Cause last time I made a post it locked after 30 days or 31 days if there's 31 days in a month or 28 days if there's 28 days in a month or 29 days if it's a leap year is there a update on reddit I didn't know about when it comes to posts?

Wanna hear some stories, that's all.

Just wondering cause I realized I changed it a bit...

Howdy folks,

A moderator from another community that is adjacent to one I am commenting in has been downvoting all my comments, along with other users on a specific post within minutes.

It's bizarre and I am unsure of what to do. When I look in the Reddit rules, and forms for reporting I am unsure of what to report it as. What are my options?

I've had a few of my posts removed simply because of low karma.

I'm genuinely curious about the reasoning behind this rule. I understand that subreddits need moderation to prevent spam, bots and inappropriate content. That's fair.

But what about genuine users who are new to the community? How are we supposed to build karma and participate if our posts keep getting removed before anyone gets to see them?

We're not violating any rules or spreading hate here. Sometimes we're just trying to have a conversation, share an experience or ask a genuine question.

I'm not ranting against moderators, but I'd genuinely like to understand the logic behind this system.

That simple. Are there people who monitor the actions of moderators?

I'm noticing systematic dis-information on a subreddit and any posts that challenge these are censored. The moderators seem to have an agenda and they aren't transparent with their decisions either, where certain inflammatory posts are given free pass while those rebutting them are "disallowed".

Additional, how come no discussion over moderation is disallowed? Doesn't it make sense to pan out moderation policies, and have a redressal system if systematic censorship is being experienced by members?

I often post in a specific subreddit.

My views graph sometimes look strange: a lot for 1 hour, almost nothing for hours, and then a lot again.

I wonder if the moderator did something, I know he dislikes me. Once, he threatened to ban me if I didn't answer him. Another time, he deleted ALL my previous posts because he disliked one.

Is it possible to reduce the visibility for some hours, or am I imagining things?

A subreddit that I enjoyed had been taken over by a bot moderator. It used to be a fun, and fairly active. It's about a singer with a pretty big following.

Recently it's been taken over by a bot that spams links to dubious sports streaming sites. Is there anything we, the users that like it, can do about it?

I made a post in a sub about "women's lives lost to misogyny"

Two women commented in the sub discussing how their lives were so difficult due to anti-feminism.

The Hive-Protect Bot removed their comments claiming that by discussing anti-feminism, they themselves were being anti-feminist.

So I'm curious why a bot that is supposed to prevent hate speech such as misogyny is removing comments simply for even bringing up the topic or sharing their experiences?

Any insight into why my rather mundane post might have been removed and what can be done about it? It was not personal, slanderous, racist, sexist, no profanity, did not condone criminality, etc.