r/AskModerators 13h ago

Hey other mods, I have a question? Do you vote within your community?

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While I won't divulge how exactly I determine what content I deem is vote-worthy, I do have a different rule for how I vote within my community as opposed to any other community.

Do you think it's ethical to vote on content within your own community?

Do you vote on content within your community in a different way than outside your community?

I don't want to know what your own personal rule is, that kinda goes against TOS, I'm just curious if others also have a different rule, and whether you think it's ethical to vote within your own community at all?!


r/AskModerators 14h ago

Why are so many popular posts across Reddit “removed by moderator”?

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As I scroll through my main page, so many of the posts I click are already “removed by moderator”. From the titles and/or linked content they generally seem on topic for the sub and have hundreds or even thousands of comments and votes. It makes it very frustrating to scroll my front page as once it’s removed, the linked article is gone. It seems most prevalent in larger, default subs.


r/AskModerators 18h ago

Spamming mod mails for RedditRequest?

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Hello folks, my time for a stupid question.

RR says "You must send a mod mail message to the current moderators of the community at least 5 days before posting your request to give the current moderators a chance to respond or add you to their team."

Which is fine and makes sense, but when requesting barely moderated/ camped subs with a mod team who either ignores or won't check mod mails are we required to send one each time or can we just link to a previous unanswered message from a previous request?

Asking cause I am at my third or fourth unanswered mod mail and it's starting to sound like I am just talking to myself anyway and opening myself up to spam reports due to having to do this over and over.

Cheers!


r/AskModerators 8h ago

When someone makes a post in your community that is getting massive amounts of downvotes do you lock it, remove it, or do nothing ?

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r/AskModerators 8h ago

Is it possible that the reputation filter and CQS "lowest" are wrong?

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We have a regular user posting the most amazing and relevant things. Always kind and peaceful, very creative and encouraging towards everyone. Yet, the reputation filter often fires up, saying the person is likely to break the rules. Today we got a "lowest" CQS automod report, and I simply cannot imagine why this is happening. I went into the "arctic" profile, and there is nothing else there but nice and kind stuff. What could possibly be going on there?


r/AskModerators 11h ago

Why does report a scammer subreddit not include more proofs towards the actual reporting process?

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Whenever I come onto this reddit community. I sometimes see scam reports and the whole story. But I mostly see people never posting proofs towards the incidents or sometimes actually censoring the scammers username now seeing this I question myself where are the mods or well the common sense like genuinely?


r/AskModerators 3h ago

Can Reddit communities that centered around an external company be moderated by persons employed by or compensated by that same external company?

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I ask because If the moderators were employed or compensated by the company, there would be more chance for a conflict of interest which would lead the community to potentially be more of a PR apparatus for the company and potentially less of a place for free and unfettered discussion.

Specifically, in my case I tried posting what feels like a fair and honest complaint on an external company (megabank) based community about changes at the company and their support for international transactions. There are many people posting about this issue. Mods on this board are moving all posts into a single thread which has a side effect of minimizing visibility.

While one could make a case that this is for keeping the Reddit community organized, it could also be seen as a way of minimizing visibility and therefore minimizing fallout from a PR standpoint. I love Reddit and I'm trying to understand where the intersection is between outside businesses and Reddit communities.


r/AskModerators 19h ago

Can you please help with restoring my posts after the appeal?

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Today I found out my account was shadow banned and I submitted an appeal and it was lifted thank god!!
But my posts are still showing its removed by Reddit filters. Most of em are nsfw posts tho.
Most of these posts have great engagement, can you please help me to restore them.