r/ModSupport

Reddit admins,

I would like to request that you please, for the love of all that is holy, calm down with your engagement boosting tactics that are telling everyone who makes a post to also post it to a list of machine-generated "relevant" other subs.

I moderate in a sub that discusses an extremely controversial political topic that has subs on reddit that are dedicated to the opposing side of that topic.

Crossposting from either our sub to theirs or vice versa is against the rules of both subs, because of the nature of this topic causing SEVERE trolling and brigading from both sides from people who are not interested in peaceful discourse, yet your own platform's messages are telling users they should go ahead and just break these subs' rules anyway.

You are literally making all of our "jobs" even harder by not even bothering to filter subs suggested for crossposts based on logic, rationality, or even the rules of the subs being suggested for crossposts.

More engagement, even hostility trolling and harassment (especially hostility trolling and harassment) means more ad money though amirght????

Seems the only thing that matters here any more is greed, and I'm afraid you're about to find a lot of your most difficult to moderate subs modless if you don't take things like these into consideration.

PS - good luck getting AI to do what we do since the generated lists your AI is suggesting can't even be bothered to check rules in subs before suggesting them XD

Hello all.

Please read this fully before suggesting the usual MCOC and Reddit's other report function.

For months, two of my subreddits, along with other subreddits we've been in communication with (due to being in the same niche/category/fandom) have been consistently reporting blatant site wide and MCOC rule-breaking by a singular subreddit.

This includes reports by mods of the subreddits being targeted and regular reddit users in our communities.

Despite all of our efforts to document and report, nothing is being done. They've even recently gone on to create a second subreddit in order to brigade and harass more communities within our niche.

We have installed as much as we can app/bot wise to help mitigate things, but it's coming to a point where we're all burnt out mentally from the neverending brigading and all the other god awful stuff which includes sending harassing personal messages to tell us to end our lives, wishing harm, slurs, and even sending gore via a comment on one of my subreddits.

Addtionally, every day they screencap posts from our communities, often uncensored or leaving icons uncensored so people know which community it is from. They use hateful language, flairs to imply we're subhuman, encouraging one another to harass us (yes, even the mods have done this), and even target the indivuals from our communities whose post they've screencapped to mock.

I should note that our communities are queer spaces.

The subreddit in question that is targeting two of mine, and also others within our niche, is an openly hateful, homophobic and racist space that actively targets "Queens Of ____" subreddits (as per their about section) and other queer or queer friendly spaces.

I'm honestly at a loss here. When my co-mod did finally speak to a human about what was happening, everything was dismissed because the mods of the hateful sub had since deleted things like their own comments calling to action for their members to brigade us, posting fully uncensored subreddit and user names in their hateful posts (mods included in this behaviour) which sent massive harassment and brigading to us and the member whose name was shown, ban showboating for themselves and others which became a game for their members to brigade and post vile things to get banned so they could share and gloat, and the list goes on. But, even if those posts were eventually deleted, the damage is done.

And this keeps happening.

What do we do from here? I had always been led to believe that subreddits created for the purpose to harass others on this platform and post hateful things, was not allowed?

Any advice would be truly appreciated because I'm at the end of my rope here. The things they say and do have been especially distressing-- not just for me and my co-mod, but for our members and also the other mods and their members whose communities are being targeted, too.

Edit: as of typing typing this post up in drafts for my co-mod to check, she reminded me that they have recently, as of a couple of days ago, created a third subreddit for the sole purpose of taking queer couple artwork from our communities in order to run them through AI to "fix them" and make them "straight" while mocking and calling us slurs.

If we want the mod teams to communicate through Discord, would it be better to create a separate server for each subreddit, or have one shared server with separate channels for each subreddit?

People just keep creating new accounts to harass mods in mod mail. Ban evasion warning doesn't do anything since the new accounts never post or comment.

when i go to mod logs, it says i need to ask the mods for help. I am the FOUNDER i should be able to do EVERYTHING, what is going on!????

I’ve tried messaging ModSupport about a sensitive issue, but I haven’t received the automated/bot response that I’ve received in the past. I’ve since sent a follow-up message, but still haven’t heard anything.

I completely understand they’re busy and I’m happy to wait - I’m just not sure whether my original message has actually been received. Is there a way to check whether a ModSupport modmail has gone through, or is there anything else I should be doing?

I had a user reach out asking why their posts aren't showing. When I viewed their profile in old reddit, I could see 3 recent posts to the sub. Also, when I navigated to the new section of the sub on old reddit I could see all three submissions. However, none of these posts show up in sh.reddit.com, even after approving one. Additionally, when I viewed the users info in mod mail, it initially showed no posts under their post section. After approving one of the submissions, I could the see one post under their post section in mod mail but not the other 2 posts. Still, none of the posts show up on the sub in sh.reddit.com.

Warning: NSFW links follow!

Here is one of the posts

Here is another

And the third post

I have tested this on both mobile Chrome and mobile Firefox on android. I have not tested on desktop, but suspect it will be the same.

Reminder: this is a NSFW sub!

So we just got modmails from the admins that a number of our rules were being duplicated into comment guidance. I have so far disabled them all and I wanted to speak about why so you guys know why they do not currently meet our needs. I understand that you want us to move in this direction going forward instead of automod, and that you are looking to improve these tools - so here's why I didn't make the switch right now.

> 1. I can't copy and paste between subreddits. Keeping many of these filters up to date is a lot of work, and with automations, I can't make a change and then copy it everywhere. There is no way to copy rules between subs. Suggestion: Allow us to create public and private lists of rules, and then allow subreddits to subcribe to them. So say one user comes up with a list of words for ai (like a mod posted recently here), she could make this something you simply have to subscribe to, and then updates would be automatic if changed at the source level.

> 2. Right now, automations can either warn people, block submission, or report to queue. They cannot filter. This is a huge problem. Filtering is what we all rely on most of all. I remove very little and filter a LOT. Probably the only thing I just remove is redact spam. If you choose to warn people, they will go around it. For some things, it might be ok (e.g. We like to trigger off wedding related words in posts to remind a user to include a dress code). However, if a user is trying to make a disgusting sexual comment, and you pop up a warning, they'll just change the words until they can get it through.

> 3. Only automod right now can filter things before they send notifies. Devvit apps cannot. This is something the admins who work on devvit are aware of and u/pl00h mentioned this is something to work on. Devvit apps can filter at least, automations can't even do that - it's only a report, which means that the comment becomes viewable.

> 4. Some of these revealed sensitive information we do not want to share, including ways in which we detect people who violate our already significant comment guidance rules. There are certain patterns and characters that we look for that find them - we do NOT want to warn people about these.

> 5. Regex is limited to one expression per automation. We are limited to 50 automations. We have far more than 50 regex expressions in our automod that filter things. Automod can handle this easily. For comment/post guidance to be able to do this, it will need to be able to do this too. We need to be able to create automations with multiple regex expressions. We also need access to lookaheads and lookbehinds, which we use quite a lot. I think these are disabled because they cannot work real time due to computational overhead - and that's fine - but let us use them with the rules that are going to remove or filter.

These are areas in which post/comment guidance are really not able to match the functionality of automod, and fixing these issues would encourage many of us to migrate rules to the new system.

Hey mods,

I built this because I was tired of manually posting discussion threads for every episode of every show my sub covers. Episode Scheduler handles it for you, you track a show once, and it creates the discussion thread automatically when each episode airs.

What it does:

• Pulls real air dates from TVMaze, AnimeSchedule, SIMKL, and AniList, so you don't have to track schedules yourself
• Posts the thread automatically at whatever time you set (right at air time, or X minutes/hours before)
• Fills in the synopsis, network, airdate, and links back to the previous episode and a season hub post
• You can set your own title format, add a flair, and even backfill threads for episodes that already aired before you started tracking
• There's a dashboard where you can see everything you're tracking, what's posted, what failed, and retry anything that broke

It's free, it's live on the App Directory, and I'm actively maintaining it — if something breaks or you want a feature, just message me.

Install: https://developers.reddit.com/apps/episodescheduler

Let me know what you think, genuinely looking for feedback from mods who'd actually use this.

Hey friends!

Welcome back to another episode in the Mod Topics saga. Today we’re digging into the Developer Platform (also known as Devvit) and how its apps can decrease drudgery, drive discovery, and deepen discussion.

Developer Platform apps can do lots of things to add new tools and experiences to a community without requiring mod teams to build something from scratch or host it themselves. For example, apps can help…

• Notice potentially unwanted content, links, or accounts
• Automate routine actions like applying flair, removing content, or approving users
• Plan community hubs and events with threads, calendars, reminders, polls, and games
• Stay informed about reports, removals, and other community insights

And that’s only a sample of what’s available in the full library. Before installing an app, it’s worth reviewing its permissions/settings, deciding who on the team will oversee it, and testing how it fits into your existing moderation process. When in doubt, always check with your team first!

What would you most like an app to take off your team’s plate or help bring to your community? If your team already uses Devvit, which apps have you found most valuable? Let us know in the comments below!

I’m a moderator of a r/vitap community, and I’m looking for advice from experienced moderators on how you would handle this situation.

What happened

There is currently a serious situation being discussed within the VIT-AP community involving allegations of:

- A girl allegedly secretly recording her roommates and other girls in private situations.

- The recordings allegedly being sent to another person.

- The recipient allegedly using the recordings to blackmail or threaten the girls.

- Students allegedly confronting the person involved in the alleged blackmail.

- The situation then escalating into a large physical confrontation involving multiple students.

- Claims that several students were injured and that a knife was involved.

These are currently allegations and accounts circulating within the community. We are not treating them as established facts unless they are verified through appropriate authorities, evidence, or credible reporting.

The moderation problem

Some members now want to identify the girl allegedly responsible and post her photographs, name, social media accounts and other identifying information.

There is significant pressure from users to "expose" her.

I have currently restricted doxxing and personal information while I figure out what we should do.

The community is understandably asking questions such as:

- How many people were allegedly recorded?

- Are students currently safe?

- What is the university doing?

- Has anyone reported this to the police?

- What actually happened during the violence?

I am not suppressing those discussions. People can discuss the incident, ask questions, share verified information and talk about student safety. The restriction is specifically on identifying/doxxing individuals.

Why I'm being cautious

I initially wanted to understand whether there could also be legal consequences if someone is publicly doxxed before the allegations are proven.

For example:

- Could the accused take legal action over the publication of her personal information?

- Could the doxxing or subsequent harassment become relevant in the criminal proceedings?

- Could it potentially be raised as a mitigating circumstance?

- Could Reddit users or moderators face consequences?

- Most importantly, could allowing this type of content put the entire subreddit at risk of Reddit enforcement?

I have therefore decided to take some time to properly review Reddit's policies and get an informed opinion regarding the applicable Indian cyber/privacy laws before deciding whether images or identifying information should ever be allowed.

What I'm looking for from other mods

How would you handle this?

Would you:

1. Completely prohibit identifying information regardless of whether users claim it is already publicly available?

2. Allow discussion but remove names/photos/social media accounts?

3. Allow photographs if the person is allegedly involved in a serious crime?

4. Contact Reddit admins for clarification?

5. Treat this as a situation where the safest approach is to remove anything that could facilitate harassment or targeting?

I'm particularly interested in experiences from moderators who have dealt with doxxing, allegations of serious crimes, campus incidents, ongoing investigations, or situations where a community was at risk of Reddit enforcement.

I don't want to make a rushed decision based on what people on Reddit think the law says.

At the same time, I don't want to suppress legitimate discussion or leave students without a place to talk about their safety.

What would you do in this situation?

I am the only other active mod of a sub and I am concerned that the other active mod may have had their account hacked. They’ve been inactive for a while, but the account is now posting inappropriate content.

What can be done?

Hey all,

Cant find any information on this for new reddit. Desktop

I'm a new mod for r/charcoaldrawing which often features hyper realistic artwork.

Community members often report this style of artwork as AI and harrass artists and myself, even when it's poorly made. From post histories and sleuthing I usually determine that most are OK but it's really difficult.

I want to create a rule for the sub that stops this type of harrassment and allows artists to demonstrate their art is real (and weed out fakes). Can you suggest what I might ask users to include when they post? I am not sure whether to ask for written info (ie no low effort posts, info on how it was made etc), or an image to demonstrate that the artwork is real (don't know what, maybe a username and date with the art?). Are there things to ask for that really weed people out?

I'm a new mod (long time Reddit user) so am not familiar with my options aside from those baked in to the mod tools.

Forgive me admins but I genuinely don't the get the automated systems that Reddit has in place sometimes.

There are occasions where users will say something that sounds like a threat but has context to justify it and it isn't in fact a threat and they get banned.

I had one of my most contributive members be banned from the platform for 3 days just because they posted 3 times in a row (within reason, because they gifted 3 people and were posting gift confirmation for it).

But then this idiot literally sends multiple racial slurs about Jews and black people, Reddit filters it and I report every single message and their account remains active.

I will include screenshots with his name blurred out below in the comments if it allows me.

We recieved this in our subreddit modmail..

"Hi camping mod team,

We wanted to give you a heads-up that your community may be included in a limited experiment that explores different ways for people to experience Reddit conversations.

For select existing text posts, some people may see an optional watch-or-listen version that presents portions of the post and comment thread using narration, captions, and visuals. The original post and comments will remain available and unchanged.

This experiment does not require any additional action from your team. If source content is edited or removed, the corresponding experimental version will be taken out of view.

This is an early test, and feedback from moderators will be important as we evaluate it. If you notice something inaccurate, inappropriate, or lacking important context, please report it through r/modsupport.

Thank you for everything you do for your community!"

Why is Reddit expecting us moderators, who already contribute enough of our time for free to keep this platform alive, to give feedback and help them implement what is something we didn't ask for or we want for our community?

I also think this is just another new way Reddit found to train bots for free... Which is scummy af.

It can sometimes be helpful for moderation purposes if certain trusted users and comods can contact me when I have temporarily disabled my chat.

Imagine my surprise then when I looked in my privacy settings and saw that my existing whitelist had been replaced with the first 25 users on my block list. My comods are reporting the same.

I don't really know by heart who was on my whitelist, but they're gone now.

Ehm. This isn't a fun bug.

I have previous subs I’ve made but I’ve been able to post on other subs to get people to join then that started them off , but my current one I haven’t got a sub to advertise on to try get people to join. It’s not exactly niche but it’s not the biggest thing ever , it’s just being sustainable in the uk , since r/sustainable or might be r/sustainabliving or something like that , but since those subs are mostly US focused , a uk based one would make it easier for advice etc on being sustainable specifical in the uk , that’s why it’s hard to get my posts on it out , so how can I get people to see the posts etc