r/modhelp

It's been rejected cause I've "went against" terms of service and such even though I made sure the rules were good enough and the mods were active and such. Then they also said that it was banned because quote "sexual harassment" even though none of us (me and the other mods) have ever or would ever go as far as sexualize someone even if we don't like someone. And I didn't make the subreddit to ban evade I just made it so it could be a better place for everyone to enjoy.

mobile web

For the life of me, the other mods of r/respiratorytherapy and I cannot get our wiki to publish.

Under "Wiki Settings", "public visability" is checked. "Who can edit" is "Only Mods and Approved Contributors".

The wiki appears to us (the mods), but when a non-mod views it, there's an error

>This page has been disabled

>The mods of this community have disabled this wiki page

This is on all platforms--desktop, mobile, android, etc.

I personally don't mind crossposting and I do it myself a few times a month. Lately though, I've been getting a wave of crosspost from users whose entire post history consists of countless crossposts a day. I understand wanting to promote a new community, but at what point do you start treating it as spam?

Do you have Community Rules that cover this?

[Android]

I recently stepped down as a moderator of a subreddit after a disagreement with the current moderation team about the direction of the community.

During my time as a moderator, I banned quite a few users. I was probably stricter than some moderators would be, but my reasoning was that removing disruptive users helped keep the overall quality of the subreddit up and, in my experience, also reduced downvoting and other disruptive behaviour.

After the moderation approach changed, a significant number of previously banned users were unbanned. Since then, I've noticed a noticeable increase in downvotes, low-effort posts and low-effort comments. This is exactly the kind of behaviour I previously tried to keep under control.

So I'm wondering: is there any evidence or moderator experience suggesting that mass-unbanning previously banned users can negatively affect a subreddit? Or could this simply be a normal consequence of a change in moderation style?

I'm also interested in how other moderators handle old bans. Is it generally better to leave bans in place unless there is a specific reason to reverse them, or is periodically reviewing and removing older bans considered good practice?

I want to be clear that I'm not asking whether my moderation style was too strict. I can acknowledge that I was probably too strict at times. I'm more interested in the practical consequences of suddenly reversing a large number of moderation decisions.

For additional context, I had been responsible for a significant part of the day-to-day moderation and content creation. The other moderators had been much less active, and we ultimately developed very different ideas about what the subreddit should be. I decided to step down rather than continue a disagreement over the direction of the community.

PS: I also wonder whether a change like this can affect subreddit activity in the longer term. Reddit encourages moderators to actively contribute to their communities, including through creating content and maintaining engagement. If the people taking over the moderation are less active themselves, I wonder whether that can eventually result in declining traffic or engagement.

The vision for the subreddit also changed quite significantly. I had always tried to keep it relatively serious and topic-focused, while the new approach appears to allow more low-effort and off-topic content. Maybe my expectations will turn out to be completely wrong, but I'm interested in hearing from moderators who have experienced something similar.

Android 18

I don't use the archive function on any of the subs I moderate but I'm currently participating in a thread in a sub that auto- archives after 6 months as a general rule.

Is it actually possible for a moderator to reopen a thread that has been archived due to the automatic "archive old threads" rule?

[Mobile web]

first of all its college related subreddit so almost all are minors m not mod there

one aspiring students getting trolled brigaded and shamed for caste needleesly

already mod code of conduct is submitted 12 hours ago but it should be escalated urgently

can anybody help Mobile web

IOS

Hi,
My main account has been locked and it seems unlikely that I will get it back.
I've made peace with that but I've been top mod at r/spicyautism for a long time and I've decided that I'd like to hand off the Top mod spot.

I found a replacement that has agreed to take the job but it's not a typical mod removal, it's mutually agreed so is there anyway to speed it up? Reddit can obviously see that my account has been locked and

I've let them know that I don't have access to the email address anymore so getting it back is not an option.
Any advice would be much appreciated.

Hi! I created my own subreddit, and I am the top moderator with Full Permissions.

However, Reddit does not show the MOD label next to my username, and I cannot use moderator actions such as removing or pinning posts.

This has been happening since I created the subreddit. I am using the Reddit Android app.

My account does appear in the Moderators section with Full Permissions. I have attached screenshots showing this.

Could an admin please check why my moderator status is not working correctly?

Hi, I am a relatively new moderator and have a question regarding what user behavior can be considered spam.

According to this help article, the usage of generative AI tools and repeatedly posting unrelated/off-topic/link-farmed content that disrupts conversations within a community may qualify as spam.

As an example, we have a user named Rush20XX who very often initiates long comment threads and ALWAYS replies with AI-assisted paragraphs of text. Sometimes (~10-15% of the time) his answers can be helpful and useful (supported by upvotes), but more often they are just irritating, 3-to-6-paragraph blocks of verbose AI text with zero or negative upvotes.

At this point, I am starting to believe it might just be someone's Hermes AI agent responding most of the time. I'm not sure what the objective of these users is, but they can produce around 20 long comments a day, with most having a negative upvote score.

So, I am curious: is it acceptable to report such users for spam? Does this kind of behavior violate Reddit's Rule 2?

Desktop/Web.

I'm a mod on r/XaviersMansion, an X-Men roleplay sub (with two sister subs r/AvengersTowerNY and r/HellsKitchenNY that I am not a mod on) where numerous users have had their accounts shadowbanned. I'm curious what could be causing this, if it has anything to do with these users using multiple accounts for different characters (I myself do this), and if there is anything I can do in order to prevent further shadowbans. This used to not be a problem, I'm not sure if there was a change in Reddit's rules or if it was due to the sub getting to a certain size, but it is very much a problem now.

I mod on both desktop and ios.

Hello. I’m trying to understand a users account status. On the sub thread where I’m a mod, I can still see their profile name next to their comments, but the comments aren’t publicly visible and aren’t dark shade and hidden from the main thread unless I click on them. When I click on them the red box says removed although I can still see the comments.

When I click on the profile name, it goes to the blank screen that says suspended by Reddit. Does this mean:
A) They [deleted] their account.
B) They blocked me.
C) Reddit suspended their account.

If it’s A, why can I still see their username on the comment thread even though it’s gone now from the chat thread we had in DMs.

If it’s B, if they blocked me would I still be able to see their username and comments as a mod? But if they blocked me why does it say “suspended by Reddit” when I click on their username?

If it’s C, why does it show [deleted] next to their still visible chat thread. And if Reddit suspended the account, why can I still see their username and comments on a sub thread even if it’s hidden?

My goal is to understand an account status when it show conflicting information on chat vs a sub thread. Is a Reddit suspension temporary or permanent?

Thanks for your help and input.

I currently use the Reddit app on IPhone.

I didn't know what to flair this, but I think this is the closest. I am using desktop.

It's always one specific type of post, whenever people want to self-promote something they wrote. It will always end up downvoted. Nobody does so for any other type of post in our subreddit.

There are other subreddits with the same concept (fanfiction) and they are well established and have a different way of doing things than we are. But I don't see why many people get their posts downvoted for one specific thing, but anything else is fine. They don't allow the freedom like we do. But I don't get why ours gets met with a silent protest or silent troll in the form of constant downvotes.

I don't know if what to do about it because it doesn't stop.

Edit to add: They get downvoted immediately, but then they get upvoted. I forgot to mention. Also, the same post under a different post flair doesn't get downvoted.

As a mod of a r/ClashARamaFans subreddit, I’ve noticed that the same few people keep posting, and we haven’t had many new people posting for about four months. I’m really struggling to get new users to join in and actually make posts. I also don’t want to be the one posting all the time just to keep the subreddit active, because I don’t want the sub to feel deserted when I’m not posting. I’m also struggling to find a few new mods because some of the previous mods became inactive and were removed. What can I do to attract new active users and find reliable new mods to help keep the community alive? iOS

Please no hate.

Some users of the subreddit r/ColombiaReddit have reportedly been engaging in behavior that targets members of other online communities, explicitly.

By “Targeting” I especifically mean: coordinated or repeated efforts to single out outsiders—such as harassment, dogpiling, insulting, or attempting to disrupt discussions in other subreddits or platforms.

It seems there is bad moderation, null moderation or moderation support this kind of behaviour, that I know are in violations of the reddit communities.

Examples/Evidence:

https://www.reddit.com/r/ColombiaReddit/comments/1vmm5iv/no_importan_los_argumentos_el_downvote_es/

https://www.reddit.com/r/ColombiaReddit/comments/1vonxgw/muy_progresista_me_parece_m%C3%A1s_progresista_que_las/

https://www.reddit.com/r/ColombiaReddit/comments/1vja3kb/basta_con_revisar_las_reglas_de_rrepublica/

https://www.reddit.com/r/ColombiaReddit/comments/1u7e41d/qu%C3%A9_opinan_del_subreddit_de_rrepublica_colombia/

https://www.reddit.com/r/ColombiaReddit/comments/1vj8vf3/presencien_el_surgimiento_de_rep%C3%BAblica_colombia_20/

What should I do to keep our communities safe and bullying-hate-harrassment-FREE?

Desktop, Mobile

Our subreddit accidentally has a flair meant for a moderator accidentally set to be assignable by all users and we want to clean them up. How we can find users having a specific flair text, rather than doing it user-by-user?

On desktop, if it matters.

I'm on desktop. We've had a large number of posts being removed by Reddit's spam filters lately. The past month we've had numerous approved members message asking why and requesting to approve their post or comments to bypass the removal. We've check everything on the mod side. So not sure why the increase of removals. In every instance none seemed to be spam at all. So we approved them. My question is: Is there any harm in approving them or should we let Reddit do it's thing? Because now we had two members asking for posts removed by Reddit's Spam filter but those accounts apparently were suspended before we approved. Both of those accounts are known approved users. Second question: Is it helpful to the member to approve them? Or is there a reason not to approve the posts that clearly are not spam?

Thank You

Device : Desktop

Hello,

I’m reporting a moderator permissions issue affecting a sub I'm moderating

The previous top moderator granted me moderator access, but their Reddit account was later deleted. I am now the only active moderator of the community, and the deleted account does not appear in the subreddit’s current moderator list or in the Self-Serve Mod Reorder tool.

However, my account still has limited moderator permissions. I do not have the “Everything” permission, which prevents me from fully managing the community and using important moderation functions, including configuring moderation settings, managing filters, and handling the moderator team.

I submitted a Top Mod Removal request through r/redditrequest and received the automated instructions to use the Self-Serve Mod Reorder tool. The problem is that the deleted account is not visible there, so there is no account above me that I can select or reorder. Since I am also a limited moderator, I cannot grant myself the “Everything” permission or change my own moderator status.

This appears to leave the subreddit in an inconsistent state:

• I am the only moderator currently shown.
• The former top moderator’s account has been deleted.
• The deleted account is not available in the moderator reorder list.
• My account still has limited permissions.
• I cannot promote myself or correct the moderator permissions.

The community has more than 3,000 weekly visitors. It is currently receiving scam related and irrelevant posts, and my limited permissions prevent me from properly configuring filters and moderating the community.

I just created my first mod r/truthordare_GW

I know, little kinky but I’ve no clue how to manage it. Can someone guide?

I’m planning to automate a thread on Friday nights where people can comment on that thread and start truth and dare game. How’s the idea?

I have a community about Kim Karashian that I need deleted. I forgot to mark the group NSFW so I created a new one and DID mark it NSFW. Please tell me how to delete the first one. I am on desktop. Thanks guys.

Mobile and Desktop.

I know I used to be able to do mod activities on my own posts on my own profile, but now I cannot.

Is there a setting I missed/changed or is this a platform change?

I ask because someone commented something pretty gross on one of my posts and I'd rather it be removed, but I can't do anything about it now.

Edit/Update: only accessible through old.reddit now...