u/Bosterm

In case you haven’t noticed, the sub has had some issues lately. Most notably, a handful of users who report fan art posts so that they get hidden to the mod queue, and then the mods take a day or longer to restore them. Or in some cases never restore them. I don’t want to get into the other fandom drama, but basically different groups have trouble getting along with each other, and in my estimation, we need more mods to protect all groups of fans from the worst behavior of any particular group.

As far as I can tell, there is only one active mod (/u/_Jolenar), but their only direct interventions are to help users with the spoiler policy. This sub is big enough that it needs several active mods, and I expect that this need will only escalate as soon as the show starts coming out.

I am already a mod on the LIS TV show sub and the Pricefield sub, as well as Discord mod experience, and I would happily join the mod team to help reduce the toxicity on the sub. I also know u/sailor_tenchi is willing to become a mod here, and she has experience as a reddit mod (Pokemon sub) and Discord mod (Max's Room), and I trust her to enforce the rules fairly.

(as for the 3D rendering art, I made it myself in Blender. I used the lighthouse map I exported from the game last year)

EDIT: You locked the thread u/NotSoConcerned so I cannot reply to you directly, nor can anyone else. But I can still edit this post and tag you.

I want to be clear about a few things:

1. I am not talking about disagreements. I am talking about uncivil behavior and insults, along with rampant racism in threads that discuss the casting of Kate in the show. I have seen insults from users that I otherwise agree with too. I have also seen blatantly homophobic and transphobic comments.
2. I have reported any rule breaking behavior I have witnessed
3. Nevertheless, the users responsible for this behavior continue to break the rules on the sub, even if their comments may occasionally get removed.
4. I am also talking about fan art that gets reported in bad faith and hidden for several days, in some cases never restored.
5. I have brought these concerns to the mod team in mod mail. I have asked to join the mod team to help. I have messaged the mods on discord and on reddit DMs (including you, NotSoConcerned). I know several other users who have sent modmail. None of these messages received a reply.
6. I have several examples of insulting and uncivil and bigoted comments, with links. I did not want to include those in my post publicly, because that felt against the rules, but I will DM them to you and send to modmail.

Ultimately I don't expect mods to be active 24/7, I get that you all have lives. I just think we need more mods that the community trusts, so that hostile discussions can be nipped in the bud.

This is from the professional book I created out of my favorite Life Is Strange fanfic: All the Scars You Cannot See by VengeSim. You can read more details in my original post!