I think it's hard to decide if our latest submission falls into the category or not (watercolorpractice). To me, it's OK, but how do you know if Reddit classifies it as NSFW or not? The filter hasn't caught it, and I think it's a grey area. Would you remove this from an SFW sub? It's the latest post at the moment.
Hi mods. I was unfortunately the victim of my account being used by a bot to post spam and unsavory content. I followed the process to get my account reinstated. It has been, but all of my old posts and comments are still removed and I'm guessing it's due to being put into a low CQS status. Is there anyway to restore my good standing without having to basically act like it's a brand new account?
Not every team is perfect, and some are dysfunctional and I’d be intrigued to hear from any moderator teams where it wasn’t overly civil and if so how did it go down?
There’s a few subs that I’ve asked questions to and I never get a response. It doesn’t make any sense because they’re constantly removing inappropriate comments/questions within a few minutes in real time. I also see that there’s dozens of moderators on these subs, it would make sense if there was only a couple and they can’t get to them all.
Is there a way to frame a question so that they actually respond?
Thanks!
I’m not going to name the subreddit, but earlier today I put up a post on the subreddit about something that’s relevant to the subreddit and the main mod goes “why have you posted about this, are you 12”
In which for context, this moderator has removed several of my posts recently. Some of them were absolutely warranted because they were too silly and strange, but others I really didn’t get why they were taken down…I had exchanged a few messages on the removal messages saying “I am sorry guys clearly I’m a bit of a pain here, and you mustn’t be huge fans of mine” and they simply stated that it was nothing against you but the posts just didn’t fit the subreddit
However after receiving that comment where the topic of the post genuinely had to do with something the subreddit was known for, I could sense the bias. To me it all but confirmed that the moderator really didn’t like me…so I called them out and said I’ll never post there again because it did feel like an abuse of power. It didn’t gain any traction unfortunately but what I did decide to do was block their profile, which led to me getting banned from the subreddit
I do want to make it clearly that despite my negative feelings towards this moderator, I absolutely have stuffed up and will continue to stuff up. Because I’m a silly and loose kind of person who does post crazy stuff on the internet, however if I was a moderator I would have used my head over my heart especially when engaging in comments where the mod tag is present…like the whole “are you 12” after we have had discussions regarding me suspecting they didn’t like me was a strange and telling response for me
I mod a number of subreddits. Recently, the same promotional modmail template for a Devvit app has appeared in multiple modmail inboxes I help manage.
That seems unlikely to be a coincidence. The affected subreddits are not closely related, so the fact that the same account/message is reaching more than one of them strongly suggests this is being sent broadly to subreddit mod teams, rather than being a targeted or organic one-off message.
I have reported each message using modmail’s built-in report function, but I have not seen any mitigation (keep receiving in different mod team modmail subsequent to reports).
The messages are essentially the same template each time:
Hi r____mods 👋
I'm a developer and I built a small Devvit bot called _____.
It _____ posts and comments by removing tracking parameters such as utm_*, fbclid, gclid, ref, click_id.
Example:
Original: https://____utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=social
_____: https://_____/article?id=123
etc....
I checked reddit.com/report, but I do not see an obvious category for reporting developer/app promotional spam sent through modmail.
What is the correct reporting path for this?
What protections do moderators have against repeated unsolicited promotional modmail, especially when it appears to be sent across multiple communities?
Thanks
Edit : okay, got it. Reply blocking is effectively allowed, but if you do anything to prove you were a victim of it you're guilty of harassment.
/edit
Hi, I was permanently banned from a video game subreddit and I'm trying to understand the reasoning, since it seems like only one side of the interaction was punished.
What happened:
2)I replied with a Steam screenshot showing my hours played.
They responded with a "gotcha"-style comment, then immediately blocked me.
I took a screenshot of this (their name blanked out, since that's literally what block does) and posted it from an alt account, clearly labeling it as my alt, so there was no attempt to hide who I was.
I did not block the other user back with an alt, and did not provoke them in any way.
Result: I was permabanned for "harassment" via block evasion. The person who reply-blocked me faced no action.
Why I'm confused:
Reply-block let them cut off the conversation while still being visible to everyone but me. I used an alt once, transparently, only to post proof of that, not to harass. Rediquette doesn't mention either practice explicitly, so I don't understand why one side's action was fine and mine wasn't.
I'm not trying to relitigate the ban here, I just want to understand the moderation logic, since both mechanisms seem like they could be misused, but only one got enforced against.
Tl:Dr :Someone clearly ask a question, block my main account, I answer with an alt, precising that I'm the same person and providing proof as to why I'm answering with an alt.
Reply-blocking is not punished.
Answering, transparently, with an alt is.
I’ve been wondering this for a while. I have ADHD so I can become hyperfocused on things, and I accidentally spammed a subreddit on the thing I was hyperfocused on at the time (I thought they allowed one post per day, but I guess it was one post per week 😅)
And even now, years later, all I can do is comment on posts in that subreddit and any posts I’ve tried to make get removed automatically. I have no idea what my status is. I’ve tried reaching out to the mod team… but they’re silent.
It honestly doesn’t bother me as much now since it’s been so long and it’s not like Reddit is the only place to talk about things and ask questions, but I’m still curious.
I got only a notification for 4 removals of comments when a moderator claimed it was 11.
I asked them to see the comments they said they can't, but on the Reddits I moderate it's super easy to check. So I am confused on if I am maybe missing something wrt to approving deletions in the mod queue menus or smth
They told me it was my fault for notification issues but every time that I have found they removed smth I was notified but again that was only 4 times.
Would love some clarity on if it was a notification issue or if they cannot see these removed posts by me.
TLDR:
Does Reddit always notify you of all notifications when it's a removal, or for only some removals on the same subreddit?
Can moderators see things they deleted on a subreddit from a specific user at request?
So, the head moderator of a few subreddits dedicated to finding porn on YouTube took 16 days to even check whether or not a link someone posted contained csam, and only took the post down after all the links on the channel posted were terminated by YouTube, not because those links were advertising csam. I have some screenshots of the post itself, but not of any offending material. I don't mean this to be trash talking, but sixteen days of people arguing about kiddy porn is way too long to leave a link up, right?
I replied to a nasty modmail and banhammered a user account. I was then banned for 3 days for sending unwanted DM ‘s. The banhammer I used is across 7 subs. Each sub sending a seperate modmail to the user. Which i agree would be harassment.
And aren’t they supposed to have a hidden username? How did the system wrongly decide my account sent unwanted direct messages?
They usually start with "a:t" with letters and numbers behind it.
As per my last post that got removed for asking a simple question... am I just not allowed to ask for help on this matter?
I have a general question about moderation procedures on Reddit.
If a user believes that a moderator was unnecessarily rude or unprofessional during an interaction, what is the appropriate way to raise that concern?
My understanding was that modmail was the correct place to do so. However, in my experience, I didn't feel that my concern about the interaction itself was really addressed, which made me wonder whether modmail is the only avenue available.
Is there any process outside of modmail for raising concerns about a moderator's conduct, or is the moderation team itself always responsible for reviewing those concerns?
I'm not asking anyone to weigh in on a specific situation or moderation decision. I'm just trying to understand how the process works and whether there is any independent avenue for concerns about moderator behavior.
I got a warning (and appeal denied) for a comment in a thread about people cutting down trees unnecessarily, and told a story of a neighbour who had just moved in, cut a lovely large tree down at the front of their house, then moved out shortly after. I ended it with ‘I hope a tree falls on their new house’. Clearly an exaggerated joke.
The warning was for rule 1: threatening or encouraging violence.
First of all, I didn’t threaten or encourage anything. I’m not a tree, and I can’t encourage trees to fall. I’m fairly sure violence doesn’t apply to an inanimate object, from an object that isn’t conscious, but regardless, it’s impossible to encourage it.
Secondly, there’s an example of what this rule doesn’t apply to - ‘people who leave the toilet seat up should be shot’. This clearly aligns with what I said in that’s an exaggerated reaction for effect, except the example is far worse if taken at face value.
So what’s going on here? Why would I get a warning at all and not just the comment deleted if it’s too much? Why would the appeal be denied if the rule obviously doesn’t apply?
I recently made a post to celebrate reaching a milestone and thanking users from that sub for the tips they shared that helped me reach it. I read the guidelines before posting to make sure I did not violate the sub rules.
But my post got manually removed two days later with the post flair changed. I initially set it to achievement, but when it got removed, it was changed to question. I messaged the mods to get an explanation but received no reply. My post was not popular at all only received 2 upvotes and 1 comment at the time it was removed. The sub is not big or popular, so this amount was kind of average for that sub.
Can any mod enlighten me on this issue? What are some possible reasons for this?
Hi.
I just recently had a Redditor go onto my profile, find the communities I’m active in, and then post disturbing comments/replies. They also reported me to Reddit (ie concerned for my safety 🙄).
The user has since gone dark and deleted their profile it seems. What options are available to me at this point? I’ve tried to lock my profile but am concerned about what to do next tbh. The mods I reported the comment to haven’t offer any solutions or advice. So I’m hoping to get some advice here!
Thanks 🙏
Hi.
I just recently had a Redditor go onto my profile, find the communities I’m active in, and then post disturbing comments/replies. They also reported me to Reddit (ie concerned for my safety 🙄).
The user has since gone dark and deleted their profile it seems. What options are available to me at this point? I’ve tried to lock my profile but am concerned about what to do next tbh. The mods I reported the comment to haven’t offer any solutions or advice. So I’m hoping to get some advice here!
Thanks 🙏
I have used it a handful of times in communities I moderate in and communities where I'm just a regular user. It doesn't seem like many people are aware we can do this. Or maybe, it's not worth the time to do it. 🤷♂️
But have you enabled it in your communities/what has your sub members said about it?