r/modhelp • u/Moobygriller • Mar 11 '25
Just noticing that most of my comments and posts are getting hundreds of upvotes. Same goes for the rest of my mod team on /gymselfies
How do we fix this?
Reddit mobile on ios
r/modhelp • u/kungming2 • Mar 08 '20
Consider this post to be both a supplement and sequel to my original post, 10 frequently-asked questions by new mods, answered!
The subject of this post expands on question #10 in the original and is meant to help explain to new moderators what moderation and building a new subreddit up from scratch entails. This is organized into ten points roughly listed in the chronological order of the process of building a new subreddit.
I will also include links to the excellent community resource r/ModGuide as well as the official Reddit Mod help center with each point.
You cannot effectively moderate a subreddit just by using Reddit's mobile app or site. It's just not possible as of March 2020, and most of those tools won't come until much later this year. The vast majority of customization tools are completely absent from the site, and you cannot easily update things like the subreddit CSS (for Old Reddit) or AutoModerator from the mobile site. If you cannot or refuse to use a regular computer for moderating, I do not think moderating a subreddit is for you.
You may use the app to keep an eye on new posts and comments as they come into your subreddit, and remove them or approve them as you see fit, or submit new content to it - the app is good for that. But that should be done after you've already properly set up the basics of your subreddit's design and its aesthetic.
Once your subreddit gets more popular, you should also look into installing the Toolbox extension (r/toolbox), which contains a wealth of tools to help moderators, including bulk actions, macros, removal reasons, user notes, and more. It is almost impossible to find a subreddit of moderate size or larger that doesn't use Toolbox - it is that essential to Reddit moderators.
Let me use the metaphor of a party: creating a new subreddit and asking people to come join it, is like sending a party invitation out to the people of this site. But if people go to the party location and all they find is a bare, empty room with drab grey walls and a single lightbulb, no one is going to want to stay! Thus customizing your subreddit is like decorating for a party - you want people to feel that the event is on-theme, and it's fun to stay.
So, customize your subreddit (on desktop, of course)! Use all the tools that are available to you. Create an icon and header that match the stated interest of the subreddit, add text telling new members what it is all about, and make it feel unique and special.
Let me continue with the metaphor of the party. Let's say this time you've put decorations and streamers up in the formerly empty room and it looks pretty good! But when the people you invited show up, they notice the room is empty - there's no one there at all! You, the host, aren't even there - but you left a simple sign on the door saying "Welcome! Please stay and have fun!" How many people do you think will actually stay?
That's effectively what an empty subreddit, devoid of posts, appears to new subscribers. Very few people want to be the first, or the only person posting in a subreddit, especially if the creator of the subreddit can't even be bothered to participate in their own community. As the creator of a subreddit, you must seed content, and seed content regularly.
Make posts every day / every other day that are relevant to the topic of your subreddit so people know it's an active place and that they feel welcome to post. You can also choose to cross-post relevant content from other subreddits into your own subreddit. In my experience a subreddit usually gets to 300-400 subscribers before you start seeing people other than the mods regularly posting stuff.
As your subreddit receives more and more posts, it may be useful at some point to create post flairs, which are essentially categories for posts. For example, if your subreddit is about a game, you could have post flairs which are for "Gameplay", "Fanart", "Bugs", etc. Members can click on the post flairs and instantly see all posts related to that category.
On the other hand, user flairs are more like the little status messages in WhatsApp, Discord, etc. - they're small snippets of information that the user chooses to reflect something of themselves. There are many different ways to use them:
Language learning subreddits often use them to indicate languages / skill levels of users.
Fan subreddits of media (games/film/TV shows) usually have user flairs of major or popular characters in them.
Location subreddits of countries, states, etc. usually use them to indicate where a user is from or represents.
Many subreddits for political candidates use user flairs to indicate donor status/amounts.
Think about works best for your community and customize accordingly.
Run a search for key terms related to your subreddit on the site (https://www.reddit.com/search?q=SEARCH_TERM&sort=relevance&t=all&type=sr) and see what subreddits pop up. If the exact purpose of your subreddit has already been done you may want to consider how your subreddit can differentiate itself, or even give up on the subreddit. There's no shame in the latter; people oftentimes forget to check if a subreddit already exists before creating their own.
If you believe your subreddit is sufficiently differentiated, reach out via modmail to some of the related subreddits and ask them if you can:
Share sidebar links (they link to your subreddit, you link to theirs)
Make a post in their subreddit advertising your subreddit
Be polite, and don't be offended if the mods of their subreddits do not reply or say "no." The other moderators are under no obligation to grant your request, and quite frankly, if you're openly trying to compete with them for the same subject matter they may see no point in helping you.
Promote your subreddit, perhaps beginning with my multireddit of promotional communities. If you see relevant posts in other subs, you can also drop a link to your subreddit in the comments. Don't overdo it or spam your subreddit link on unrelated content - that's an easy way to get banned everywhere, as no one likes a spammer.
A common mistake by new moderators is to add more moderators in the mistaken belief that the new random people that were added as mods will help them post in and grow the subreddit.
This almost never works.
Unless the new moderators share the same passion for the project as you do, they have no incentive to help you grow your subreddit. The vast majority of such moderators get added and then promptly forget about the subreddit, especially if you yourself aren't participating in your own subreddit. If the creator of the subreddit doesn't even care about their sub, why should the new mods care?
You likely do not need any additional moderators until your community gets regular traffic in the form of posts and comments, or perhaps you aren't able to be on during a particularly active time zone. At that point, my recommendation is to promote from within - ask active members if they'd like to help out as moderators, rather than going to a place like r/NeedAMod. The members of your subreddit will have more of a vested interest in the success of the community and be more familiar with its "culture" and mores.
Building a subreddit from the ground up is a marathon, not a sprint. If you have a burst of activity at the beginning and then proceed to neglect your subreddit for months at a time, it will not grow. If you allow spammers to post random stuff on your own subreddit and take weeks to remove them, people will leave because the content they see is not relevant to what they wanted when they joined in the first place. Posting content regularly will also allow your subreddit to regularly surface in people's home feeds, which helps drive visits to it in the first place.
Furthermore, if you're away from Reddit for more than 60 days at a time, and you're the only moderator, your subreddit becomes potentially requestable in r/RedditRequest by someone else who thinks they can do a better job than you at building the community. And if you're never present in your own subreddit, they have a good argument for saying so.
This should be pretty self-explanatory, for despite Reddit's reputation in the broader media, people really just want to have fun in their favorite subreddits, and generally do not engage in flame wars or vitriolic arguments. What this means is that once your subreddit gets bigger, you should keep an eye out for bad actors who make your subreddit a potentially toxic place.
To use the party metaphor again, you may have a party crasher who is going around the room telling the people having a fun time that they're stupid, ugly, and only an idiot would drink what they're having. At that point, it's your job as the host of the party to either tell them to knock it off or eject them from the event.
Same thing goes for subreddits - whenever possible, try and message a toxic user to ask them to simmer down, but if they continue, ban them, either for a period of time or permanently.
Yes, technically according to Reddit moderators have ultimate power over their subreddit, but good subreddits always have moderators who solicit feedback from members and listen to what they have to say.
You don't necessarily have to implement everything members suggest, particularly if it conflicts with your vision of how the subreddit should be run, but it's worth it to listen. You can create surveys or polls to ask people about proposed policies or rules as well.
Feel free to share tips or ideas in the comments!
r/modhelp • u/kungming2 • Dec 01 '19
This subreddit has become overwhelmed with the same basic questions ever since Reddit suddenly enabled the creation of subreddits via the iOS app last week. The regulars on r/modhelp have been incredibly patient in answering the same few questions over and over again but I decided to put this post together for others to easily link to as an answer instead of having to type out the same thing multiple times.
As always, moderation (esp. customization) of subreddits is best done on desktop rather than mobile, so if you have access to a computer that is highly encouraged and it will solve 90% of your problems. Reddit seems to not have ported the subreddit settings and styling tools to the mobile app and it is unlikely that they will port those tools over for a while. Moderating on desktop also allows you to use the indispensable r/toolbox extension for moderators.
Note that you don't necessarily need use a physical PC to use "desktop mode", you can use your phone's own browser, too! Go to Reddit and tap the ≡ hamburger button on the top right, then select "Desktop Site."
March 2020 Update: Reddit has ported a few basic tools over to the iOS app. Unsure if they are also on the Android one.
If you're asking about how to change your subreddit's icon image, you can do that via desktop mode in a web browser. Go to https://www.reddit.com/r/SUBREDDIT/?styling=true in your favorite web browser and use the provided tools. The subreddit icon is usually a 256px x 256px image. The process is the same for subreddit banners.
If it's available in your app, go to Mod Tools, then Avatar. Then tap Save.
You can do this within the app. Go to your subreddit in the app, tap on the "mod shield" on the top right. Then tap "Moderators List" and the + button that appears in the top right. Enter the name of the user you want to invite.
If you are inviting users via the desktop mode, go to https://www.reddit.com/r/SUBREDDIT/about/moderators and enter their name there.
The invited user will get a message about the invite, and they have to accept the invite on their end before they show up on your moderators list.
If you're looking for more moderators and your subreddit has at least 50 subscribers and 25 posts, you may post over at r/needamod.
You can only do this via desktop mode in a web browser. Go to https://www.reddit.com/r/SUBREDDIT/about/rules and click "Add Rule" in the top right corner. You can use either the classic interface (Old Reddit) or the redesign (New Reddit).
You can do this via desktop mode in a web browser. Go to https://www.reddit.com/r/SUBREDDIT/about/edit/ and under "Type (of community)", select "public" or "private", which ever one you want. Then click "save options/changes".
public means that anyone can see, post, or comment on your subreddit.
restricted means that only approved users can post on your subreddit, but anyone can see it and comment.
private means that only approved users can see, post, or comment on your subreddit. Everyone else is unable to see anything more than the description (see no. 5).
To do this on mobile, go to Mod Tools, then Community type, then change the slider to the one you want, then Save.
You can only do this via desktop mode in a web browser. Go to https://www.reddit.com/r/SUBREDDIT/about/edit/ and change the "(Community) description". Then click "save options/changes". You can also change the NSFW status there.
To change the description on mobile, go to Mod Tools, then Description, then Save.
To change NSFW setting on mobile, go to Mod Tools, then Community type, then tap or untap 18+ community, then Save.
The number of users online for a subreddit is always fuzzed regardless of a subreddt's size. What that means is that you may be the only one on the subreddit but the user online count will vary by up to five users. As u/spladug says, "the idea of this was to make it harder to leak information about when individuals [are] visiting a subreddit."
Please read the AutoModerator introduction first to get an idea for what it can and can't do. There's also a library of common AutoModerator rules here and what you may want to implement may already be on there. If you're still lost after reading those links, try asking r/AutoModerator.
You can only change AutoModerator's configuration via desktop mode in a web browser. That configuration page is located at: https://www.reddit.com/r/SUBREDDIT/wiki/config/automoderator
First make sure that what you want to do is not possible with AutoModerator. If what you want to do is really not possible, you can ask over at r/RequestABot but please make your request specific and do not be vague. Note that hosting a bot is usually way overkill for new subreddits, especially ones with few subscribers and posts/comments.
It is not possible to delete a subredit. As the page says, even if you leave as a mod it will continue to exist and be available for new moderators to take over via request in r/redditrequest. If you want to get rid of it, consider r/adoptareddit. If you just don't want people to see it anymore, make it private and stay as a mod (see question #4).
The official help center has some useful tips on how to grow your subreddit, and there's also a guide from r/modclub here.
Here are some other tips from community members (lightly edited for clarity):
u/One_Giant_Nostril (Link, Link):
Fill-up the first page or two with top-quality posts before revealing its existence to r/newreddits.
You have to fill-up the first page or two with top-quality content. I don't mean submit something every day, I'm saying submit some thing of best quality, whether it takes 3-4-5 days between posts.
The first page or two are key. You want visitors to instantly see what kind of stuff is not only considered acceptable to your subscribers but what quality of stuff is upvoted.
Use r/AutoModerator and learn about its various uses.
Create a piece of header art that represents your subreddit and upload it via your subreddit settings.
Network with smaller subs and advertise as much as possible in similar subs. You can just mention your sub casually in comment section as well.
Focus on gathering regulars. The sub I was working with took off after regulars started to generate contents everyday. Before that, you have to generate content on your own.
Crossposts tend to get people a lot. My sub sees a sudden growth when someone posts an article that has been posted in other subreddits as well.
u/Madbrad200 (Link):
Find related subreddits (You can do so by going here and entering a keyword. If you mod a book subreddit, typing "books" or "literature" is a good idea) and ask the moderators (Politely and professionally. Avoid being spammy) if they'd like to have a sidebar/wiki/sticky link swap (The latter two only if applicable). You could try asking if it'll be okay to make a post promoting it.
Crosspost to subs, preferably related, assuming the mods are okay with it. When posted, I advise adding a worthwhile comment that includes the link to your subreddit, so as to make it easier for mobile users.
See this list of promotional subs and post to them. To get a free official ad, try r/subredditads. To buy an official ad, see this page.
Make sure the description is rather descriptive to help it come up in Reddit searches.
Reach out to people you think could be interested in viewing the sub. Don't be spammy about this.
Please do not expect that your subreddit will just automatically grow and attract subscribers without any effort on your part. Most subreddits are grown through their creators'/moderators' labors of love and they have put a lot of work into making their communities successful.
Please also see this subreddit's sidebar for a list of useful subreddits that may better fit your needs.
r/RedesignHelp - for help with customizing the look of your subreddit.
r/modguide - a collection of searchable and indexed posts on topics covering all aspects of moderation.
r/redditlogos - request a custom logo.
r/Bot - a place to share bots and scripts that help moderators with their tasks.
r/modhelp • u/Galivisback • May 17 '22
I had my phone in my pocket but when i took it out i noticed it created r/5t44t4yf5frt3 how do i delete it pls help
r/modhelp • u/LukXD99 • Jul 20 '20
I moderate a small subreddit, but one user continuesly creates new accounts to post garbage and troll me, sometimes he even uses variations of my username. I have counter over 45 different accounts. What do I need to do so the admins shut him down for good?
r/modhelp • u/Karthan • Mar 21 '21
So, a user on a subreddit that I moderate has elected to make a comment after every single comment or post I make. In every comment they make mention that I should kill myself.
I am on /r/ModHelp today to seek guidance.
Here are two recent examples (first image). Currently, they've made in excess of 100 accounts.
The automoderator has been set up to filter for their comments, and also to reduce the visibility of any new account so the only person receiving this abuse is only myself (and other moderators).
As I work with other teams across a variety of subreddits they have also been informed as to this individual's activities and have taken similar tacts. Core strategies so far have been to restrict young accounts, autofiltering with the AutoMod, and (excusing a first period of engagement), gray rocking the individual. I have turned on "NSFW" on my personal account to add one more step for the user in question to do to follow my posts, disabled all chat/DM functions, and severely reduced my use of my account to just the sub that my account moderates.
And yes, I have used the report feature for ban evasions. I've reported this user twice through it. It has done nothing.
The reason why I'm sharing this with you today is that this a type of abuse is encouraged on Reddit.
It is part of how the website works and, barring a substantial change in how Reddit functions, will continue to be part of this website. Anonymous accounts, highlighting when users are online, encouraging ban evasion, and poor administrative tools for moderators all allow for this type of user to not only exist but flourish.
On this last point, the person has also targeted other moderators in the past and ultimately part of the reason for those mods resigning. Here's one example where the user in question is gloating on their success (second image) in pressuring a moderator to leave.
This is a consistent behaviour of targeted and malicious harassment. This is a tactic that this user has used before because it is effective and relies on how the website as a whole encourages such behaviour.
I'm on /r/ModHelp today to ask if there are any other tactics that can be taken, beyond waiting for the person in question to become bored.
Next, while I am aware that the administrators of Reddit do not review this subreddit, I've noticed that they do react to the concerns of users if issues are raised (and raised repeatedly). Eventually. I'm hoping that greater minds can solve this and that the admins are made aware of this abuse of volunteers on the website.
TL;DR: What would you do in this situation? Do you have any advice? Also, what could be done differently from the administration's end to ensure that this abusive behaviour can be stopped?
r/modhelp • u/[deleted] • Sep 15 '20
I'm so angry right now because there was a targeted and obscenely racist comment left on a post in our subreddit, and it sat there for a full day because none of us received any notification of it getting reported. I only found it by stumbling across it myself. I'm so frustrated that it seems the only way to effectively maintain a sub is by staying glued to the desktop mod view. Am I missing something? Is there really no way to have mod notifications ping my phone? Is there a setting somewhere, or a third party app I don't know about?
I just don't get it. If this is just the way it is then maybe it's not for me. Sorry for the rant but I feel like I can't be the only person having this problem.
r/modhelp • u/Bugman657 • Oct 09 '19
I created a sub about a month ago: r/LowStakesConspiracies
I didn’t expect it to get big, but I thought it was a fun idea. I didn’t have any big plans, but I was ready to interact with members and slowly build a community around how the members wanted to experience it, if they came.
Because of the r/askreddit post yesterday, we went from about a third of the sub being mods, to having 5 mods for 14,500 ish new members, and a huge flood of posts. I need some advice for how to get on top of the subreddit quickly.
I want it to be something the members will actually enjoy visiting and posting on.
I also don’t currently have access to my personal computer, so I am trying to do everything on my phone.
r/modhelp • u/ElijahPepe • Oct 05 '20
I have access, chat config, chat operator, config, flair, and wiki perms, the only useful one being access and the chat perms.
/r/FallGuys is a cesspool of people promoting their 5 subscriber YouTube channels, people wondering when the game is coming to mobile, which is crowding actual support questions.
Generally the answer would be "remove them", but not only do I not have remove powers and none of the other moderators are returning my messages (one of them appears to have just pumped and dumped the subreddit for bragging rights I guess, the other is really inactive, and the owner is completely inactive), but it's made worse by the fact that even if I do have remove powers these posts will keep on coming.
I don't want to impact my community by making a "Self-promote and you're banned!" post, because that makes people unsubscribe and you still get people self-promoting, I can't even add Automoderator rules to stop people from low karma or fresh accounts from posting. It seems like no matter what I try to do I can't do it and when I ask for help no one responds.
What can I do as a moderator with limited power to get out of this mess?
r/modhelp
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u/NannyNumber4
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Jan 14 '26
Hi,
Posting here as well as in r/redditrequest because I'm not sure where to turn. I have been the curator and chief moderator of r/puppets to near-universal satisfaction and without incident since I created it in August 2012. I am an active moderator and am consistently responsive to messages, requests, etc.
I have overseen well over 13 years of successful growth of r/puppets into the vibrant, safe, actively moderated community it is today. This sub was my pride and joy.
I was blindsided earlier today with a notification that I have been removed as moderator in favor of another evidently disgruntled user (account age ~7mo) who appears to have somehow executed a hostile takeover via r/redditrequest. The request was placed 4 days ago and then it appears the user tried to delete it to cover his tracks. It sent me a notification but I missed it because I had about 85 others that evening due to a coincidental popular post elsewhere.
I should have 5 days to respond and veto this request, no? I am here and trying to go through all channels in order to do so.
I have a pending request to r/redditrequest to hopefully have this action reversed before the new malicious user does too much damage, but until then, was wondering if anyone has ever dealt with this or has any advice?
Desktop
r/modhelp • u/github-alphapapa • Jan 24 '20
Edit: Oh, look, just like the last dadbot, its author has finally turned it off "due to hate"--after 22,000 comments! It's probably the same guy: exact same bot behavior, exact same bot author behavior. https://www.reddit.com/user/dadbot_2/comments/eu60ad/due_to_hate_this_bot_is_going_offline/
Recently we had this thread about /u/imdad_bot and /u/shut_up_dadbot, as well as others, including:
I-Am-Dad-Bot
BadDadBot
dadjokes_bot
https://www.reddit.com/r/modhelp/comments/empc73/ive_permanently_banned_a_bot_but_it_still_makes/
Now there's another one, "redditor for 1 day", /u/dadbot_2. It currently has 4,000 comment karma.
It works like this:
Someone posts a comment that has "I'm" anywhere in it, like:
I'm open to timing suggestions though!
https://github.com/justintaft/emacs-transclusion/blob/master/emacs-transclusion.el
The bot responds to everything after "I'm" by adding it's stupid formula, e.g. in this case:
Hi open to timing suggestions though!
[https://github, I'm Dad👨
These bots even reply to themselves!
Hi Dad👨, I'm Dad👨
This pattern is identical to the previous /u/imdad_bot's behavior. As you can see in that thread, its author said, "I shut down the project because too many people thought it was bad and intrusive." Is it the same guy behind it? Who knows!
This is clearly of zero value whatsoever. It's nothing but spam. It's nothing but a waste of time for the subreddit mods who have to clean up after the mess it's making. What kind of person thinks that setting this inanity loose on the entirety of Reddit is a good idea?
In the other thread, I mentioned that I reported the bot to Reddit admins using the tools, and they did nothing about it. Why? Is there no limit to how useless and spammy a bot they will allow to spew nonsense on random subs?
19 hours later: Now it's up to 11,750 comments, with no end in sight. Lest anyone think that its damage is worth occasional amusement--do you really find this amusing?
Hi dad, I'm Dad👨
Ban it. Ban it with fire. Nuke it from orbit. Nuke it with fire from orbit. All the things, search and fire, aim and destroy.
r/modhelp • u/[deleted] • Apr 23 '20
r/modhelp • u/Incogneto_Window • Jun 12 '23
I've been a reddit user for over 11 years and a mod of NSFW subreddits for over 9 years--today all of my subreddits are going dark in protest and I urge others to join. My subs are pretty much positive spaces for community to share what turns us on and explore our sexuality together, which can be pretty great sometimes.
In these 11 years, I've seen a lot of improvements on Reddit as well as a lot of disappointments, a lot of examples of admins not caring about mods, and admins giving NSFW subs the short end of the stick. For nearly most of that time, I used an app called RIF, which is set to shut down at the end of the month due to Reddit's planned API changes. For most of that time (arguably up to the present), RIF exceeded the "official" reddit app in just about every way, especially for a mod who was able to do quite a bit of my modding on mobile--which is great when you're, y'know, a volunteer doing this on the side in your free time. The official app (and "new reddit") has improved a decent bit over the past couple of years but I'd say that third party apps like RIF helped push reddit to do better.
Reddit is notorious for dropping the ball and falling short of promised improvements or sometimes forgetting their promises entirely--that can be frustrating but it's also human. Whenever reddit has fallen short, it's often been 3rd party developers who find a way to make reddit better (think of RES or 3rd party moderation bots or new innovations created by apps like RIF and Apollo). For their part, once reddit sees something is popular they'll often try to incorporate the third-party work into their site. Hell, Automoderator was started as a third party bot, every moderator came to see it as essential to running their sub and then reddit incorporated this third-party tool into their official site. That's progress. With their new changes, I can't really imagine anyone inventing the next Automoderator or new bot/spam blocking devices or any of the stuff that third party innovators come up with.
Obviously reddit wants to make money--and it's their right to seek it out--but they're hurting their users and ultimately themselves by making such a harsh change. As a pretty big example, they made this rule change they forgot entirely about users with accessibility issues (like folks who are blind) then quickly turned around and said they'd allow accessibility-specific apps to remain while reddit works to add that to their own app. However, it looks like reddit is removing any incentive for accessibility-specific apps since they won't allow 3rd party apps to sell ads, and we have no idea how long reddit would take to incorporate those changes themselves (if they ever do it at all).
And even if reddit allows 3rd party apps to exist with more reasonable API fees, reddit is planning to block all NSFW subreddits from the API. That means subs like mine won't be able to be accessed (much less moderated) via any other app. Sure NSFW subs are places for horny people to post nudes or share porn but they're also places for people to express their sexuality and discuss it with others--sometimes these adult-only spaces are some of the best parts of reddit. Reddit often leaves us out of things (like forgetting to make NSFW subs eligible for the "Best Of" contests until folks reminded them) or totally drops the ball on helping us keep our subreddits clear of spam or (most importantly) dropping the ball on helping NSFW mods keep our subreddits clear of harmful content or underage users. Reddit's new change is just a further slap in the face to NSFW subreddits/users.
Reddit is giving its users (and the folks who made reddit better) a huge slap in the face and they're hamstringing their own future as a site. It's probably the worst move they've made in my 11 years (worse than the weird way they dropped "new reddit" on everyone).
Anyway, that's my rant. My subs (and nearly 8000 others) are going dark in protest for at least two days. Most are doing this by setting their subreddits to private and turning off new posts--others are doing this by setting their subreddits to restricted so no one can post. Some subs are planning on going dark indefinitely. Hopefully our outrage will help set reddit straight before they just burn the place down.
r/modhelp • u/Raulespano • Mar 15 '21
So I'm a mod of r/teenboys and yesterday, someone commented "I think u have big c*ck" on a users selfie post, who is a minor. I ofc removed & banned the person as that's very much minor sexualization, and reported it. But when I wake up today, I get a message from reddit saying that the comment doesn't violate reddits content policy. Is there some new policy I'm not aware of? How does talking about a minors ding-dong in a non-sexual health related way not violate reddits content policy?
r/modhelp • u/he77789 • Feb 07 '20
Too many people just don't read the pinned post and ask about how to do things on mobile. Just don't. You don't need a PC; you can request desktop mode in a mobile browser. If you found out that you don't know where to do something in the app, try the desktop first. Don't spam here.
r/modhelp • u/RRRandoms • Jul 03 '20
My subreddit was banned recently and I had no idea until going to update the banner. There wasn’t any message or anything, it was just all of a sudden it was banned. The subreddit was r/birdsarescary a place to share scary bird facts or pictures and whatnot. So I don’t really know how such a subreddit would violate rules. It was a small community but I worked really hard and was honestly really proud of it. So my question is, is there anyway to find out what happened? Or resolve the issue? Update: Fortunately the sub is back up now, hoping the same goes for anyone else who got taken down
r/modhelp • u/dkristyna • Jan 30 '24
Hello,
is there any way I can help users in my community to get rid of shadow ban? We all moved to reddit when our previous platform was cancelled and we wanted to keep in touch. So around 2,5k people moved during a week or so and at least half has shadow ban now and it really harms the community.
Some of them tried to make an appeal yesterday, they got confirmation that shadow ban was removed yet they still are shadowbanned and as a weird result, even their previously approved comments went straight back to our spam queue so in the end the outcome is worse than if they hadn´t done a thing.
r/modhelp • u/Scorpio14534 • Jan 18 '21
I had to ban a user, and they responded through modmail telling me that I was a bully, and that they were going to report me to the Reddit CEO, President elect Biden, and Demi Lovato 🤣🤣
r/modhelp • u/Orc_ • Apr 19 '20
A user that has "declared war" on me and other new accounts created for spam use that sub to boost new accounts.
r/modhelp • u/JoelQ • Apr 20 '18
I moderate r/UberDrivers, a subreddit for Uber drivers. I'm a very experienced moderator with several years experience. Lately, I'm at my wit's end. A disgruntled Uber driver has been spamming the subreddit with a copy pasted manifesto attacking Uber. He seems to think we are Uber, the company. We're not. He has waged a kind of "jihad" against the subreddit.
Steps I've taken:
Remove every post and comment he makes. No effect.
Ban every new account. Also tried shadowbanning. No effect.
Contacted the admins to report him for ban evasion. The admins responded, claiming to have taken action. But he must be using different IP addresses because this hasn't stopped him one bit.
Adjusted Automoderator settings to only allow posts and comments from 3 day old accounts with at least 5 karma.
He immediately realized this, created almost 30 new accounts, posted in other subreddits to garner the necessary amount of karma, waited 3 days, and began again.
5. Adjusted Automoderator to filter common phrases in his manifesto, like "UBER IS SLAVE LABOR!" or "DON'T BELIEVE THEIR LIES!" He just rewords his rants to bypass the filter.
I'm at my wits end. Is there any way to stop a mentally ill person who is deadset on attacking a subreddit? Any new tricks I don't know about? Any advice would be appreciated.
r/modhelp • u/316nuts • Aug 07 '20
r/modhelp • u/DesignNomad • May 26 '21
I moderate a few niche communities, and fake content is usually really obvious. However, lately I've noticed some fake accounts that, at first glance, look like real accounts when just looking at their post history. Their histories are filled with submissions, text posts, and comments that seem like genuine interactions.
Yet, when you look at the comments in-context, they make no sense at all. You might see "Yeah, happened to me too" on a post that has nothing to do with anything happening, or answering a thread of comments with a seemingly "lost" comment that doesn't make sense in the context. On rare occasion, a comment might (probably by accident) almost fit the context, but overall, none of the comments make sense in the conversations where they're posted.
It gets harder to distinguish with the submissions- These bot accounts make extremely convincing posts that are on-topic and sometimes ask good questions... how can this be? They're posts from the same communities, just from years prior. The easiest way to check if these are bot accounts is to search the post title in google, and you'll often find a previous thread in the same community.
Here's an example-
This account is a bot-account: https://www.reddit.com/user/DominaAngelinaxXx/
If you look at the post history, it looks pretty genuine/convincing, save for the fact that the topical interests of this users seem really crazy in terms of variety. Still, at first glance, it seems pretty normal.
In their comment history, you can see them say things like, "No, I'm just looking in your general direction" which sounds like something a real person would say. However, when you look at it in context, it's posted on an /r/AMD_Stock daily discussion thread, to a user that is saying nothing related to looking at someone or anything of the sort.
When you look at the submissions, they also seem genuine... For example, posting a Mazda Miata interior to a Mazda Miata subreddit... relevant! Except wait... it's copied from last year.. Stuff like this becomes apparent in smaller communities but in larger communities it likely gets lost.
It's notable that this ISN'T karma-farming. They're not picking popular posts from years ago to try to re-reap the karma... they're picking posts that just got a few karma, which is indicative of subversive intentions in the future once the account has enough karma and age to be sold for astro-turfing or similar.
These accounts are pretty hard to identify without manually looking into posts that seem familiar, so I wanted to call this out so that other mods are aware that it's a thing that's happening, and in hopes that /u/KrispyKrackers or /u/pataakha could somehow use this pretty distinct pattern of behavior to help profile these accounts in the future and make sure then don't get converted/sold for manipulation.
r/modhelp • u/your_nameless_friend • Mar 27 '19
I am a med student and sometimes I work 12 hour days. I don’t have time to check reddit on my computer so I only interact with reddit through the mobile ap on my phone. Unfortunately, this means I cannot see my modmail or modqueue. I realize modqueue is getting a bit more complicated but adding “ModMail” seems rather easy to implement given the current interface.
Click on the little envelope in the bottom right and it has the options “Activity” and “messages”. The word “ModMail” could easily fit in there. It could be designed very similarly to the way the “messages” tab works.
I am a single mod running r/over60 and r/namelessfriends which are rather small and uneventful subs but the are both support groups and when someone posts a harassing or inappropriate message that a user flags for me I am not catching it in time. I need notifications to come to my phone so I can shut down harassment fast.
Also, due to the nature of my subs I often get messages in ModMail from people seeking emotional help and resources. Some of these messages come from people in active crises where health and safety are a serious concern that needs to be addressed immediately. I can not afford to miss these messages.
How do you feel about being able to have ModMail on the phone with the ability to receive push notifications? I want to gather opinions on the matter before I try to suggest anything.
Thank you for reading.
r/modhelp • u/VO2MAKS • Jul 03 '23
I was just banned from r/soccer for the following comment
as it supposedly violates community rules.
When I asked the mods there, what community rules did that comment violate?
I received the following: You have been temporarily muted from r/soccer. You will not be able to message the moderators of r/soccer for 28 days.
I am so dumbfounded. Is it normal for moderators to act in such a way?
