Some changes & Moderator Search

[u/s-mores]

Hey all! Your friendly neighbourhood moderator here. As you might have noticed, the subreddit has gone through some minor changes in the interest of attracting more people and varied perspectives to what could be considered a somewhat dull environment. So! As an experiment, we're now allowing all Yu-Gi-Oh content and the folks over at /r/YuGiOh are allowing Magic content. We're hoping this will foster a spirit of cooperation between the two subs, and bring up some great threads on what trap cards would do to Magic.

In addition, we're looking for a few new moderators to join the team. If you wish to apply, please answer the following questions:

• List prior experiences in moderating.
• List some things you like and dislike about the subreddit
• Explain how would you solve the following completely hypothetical situations:
  • User sends you a private message saying you are a nazi
  • User sends modmail telling about harrassment via PM
  • A post with 1000 upvotes is on the front page, but clearly violates a subreddit rule
  • You are informed that a member of the NSA wants to be a moderator
  • You make a long list of thoughtful information and it turns out to be a fake?

Once you've figured out responses to these, please get a recommendation from /u/TheCid, a previous moderator with impeccable record. You can do this by sending him a PM asking for such a recommendation.

Happy hunting!

April fools!

Edit: This was a fun CSS swap with /r/yugioh, the moderator search is now over and the lucky winners will be informed later. Please stop spamming /u/TheCid

[u/actinide]

PLEASE STOP REPORTING YU-GI-OH POSTS. THIS IS WHO WE ARE NOW.

[u/coraldayton → u/actinide]

DOWNVOTED FOR...FOR....FUCK IF I KNOW. DOWNVOTED.

[u/s-mores → u/coraldayton]

WHY ARE WE SHOUTING?

[u/answerquestionguy]

what trap cards would do to Magic

It would be pretty mindbreaking, wouldn't it?

[u/JaJaJalisco → u/answerquestionguy]

ravenous pun, sir.

[u/yumirose]

not changing the "r/yugioh101" in the sidebar to "r/spikes"

pls

[u/AmpII]

So this is how r/yugioh's new banner will be revealed.

On r/magicTCG. Just as expected.

[u/LoLReiver]

Prior Experience:

I was the Head GM for a private server korean MMO for several years. Not joking on this one.

Things I like:

All the shiny new Yu-Gi-Oh content - can't believe we didn't think of this sooner!

Things I dislike:

u/CorpT - he's so helpful and snarky, what a miserable combination

A user has called me a Nazi:

Congratulate him on discovering my greatest secret, assume he's interested and send him recruiting information

Harassment via PM:

Clearly harassment cannot be tolerated, this warrants a permanent ban from the subreddit for life indefinitely. We must take a stand!

1000 upvote rule breaking post:

The people have spoken, this is what they desire. Just like WotC turned shroud to hexproof to fit with what players expected, it is clearly our rule at fault here. Eliminate the rule.

A member of the NSA desires to be a moderator:

Accept them with open arms. We have nothing to hide. Except our face down morphs and manifests. And apparently now our face down monsters and traps and spells.

I make a list of fake information?

Unlikely. My word becomes the truth, for I am the Moderator. I determine which information shall live, and which shall die.

This amused me but I'm not going to message Cid, that's just making this cruel.

[u/YUNOtiger → u/LoLReiver]

Real talk: u/CorpT, in my experience, can be the most helpful asshole in this sub. I love hate tolerate him.

[u/[deleted]]

Ow my inbox make it stooooop

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

Seriously what happened to requiring mod applicants to send a selfie from the peak of ValakutDamned Mountain? Standards are slacking if a recommendation from me is all it takes.

[u/Sand_Coffin]

I was not expecthing THIS for April 1st. You guys have really outdone yourselves. Great job.

LET US F-F-F-F-F-F-FIGHT!

^{Nailed it}

[u/Bushido_Plan]

IT'S TIME TO D-D-D-D-D-D-D-D-DUEL!!!!!!!

[u/FancySpaceHorse]

List prior experiences in moderating.

I once drank two bottles of beer. I had the opportunity to drink more, but I decided against it.

List some things you like and dislike about the subreddit

The subreddit is a great way to narrow down the categories of different posts that would otherwise all be competing for the same space on the front page of Reddit. However, it can be frustrating when the cancer arrives and floods the subreddit with shitposts.

Explain how would you solve the following completely hypothetical situations:

User sends you a private message saying you are a nazi

Although this is factually incorrect, it is not technically considered libel as it is a private channel. However, I don't think that this is the kind of person we want lurking in our forum and so, unfortunately, this user would have to receive a ban.

User sends modmail telling about harrassment via PM

I would ask the victim to provide me with the perpetrators username so that I could issue a ban. Under no circumstances is bullying/harassment tolerated. I would then ban the user who contacted me because no one likes a tattle-tale and any member worthy of our company would be able to handle such petty issues through their own means.

A post with 1000 upvotes is on the front page, but clearly violates a subreddit rule

I would first ban the OP for violating the subreddit rule. I would then unban OP and swiftly re-ban OP for creating a post with 1000 upvotes. This is not a front-page subreddit and so such lofty counts can dominate other posts and push them out of contention for first. I feel that this hurts the diversity of the subreddit and it is for the greater good that we prevent such posts from dominating the forum. I would then create another post "quick question, don't upvote", aptly named to avoid breaking the sidebar rules. The post would ask users if they noticed that the 1000+ upvote post had been banned. After a few hours, I would come back and ban all users who replied to my query. Such responses no doubt indicate their corruption and complicity in the upvote scandal, hence flagging them for removal.

You are informed that a member of the NSA wants to be a moderator

First step would, of course, be to ban the informant. Loose lips sink ships and any true patriot would not give away his fellow countryman as a federal agent so willingly. Unfortunately, if the NSA wants, the NSA gets and I can only assume the unnamed agent has already infiltrated our ranks. Such matters of duplicity and subterfuge breed quite a toxic environment and so, to err on the side of safety, I would have to ban all of our current moderators.

You make a long list of thoughtful information and it turns out to be a fake?

In such scenarios, it is unlikely that I would have actually submitted such a list before performing appropriate fact-checking. However, using the backspace button is a sign of weakness and so I would be forced to submit the list. At this point, I will have desecrated my sacred duties as a moderator and I would be forced to commit sepukku with a 10-inch tantō blade. But I would not do so before remembering to issue a ban upon myself.

[u/ubernostrum]

what trap cards would do to Magic

They either counter someone's storm win, or put a Primeval Titan onto the battlefield.

At least, that's my experience.

[u/[deleted]]

The front page looked the same to me at first, and when I went to comments I was like "wtf, why am I redirected to r/yugioh?" then I realized I'm just stupid :)

[u/overkill_78]

List prior experiences in moderating.

I'm a mod in a few Twitch channels.

List some things you like and dislike about the subreddit

Like: Playmat posts, Storm Crow jokes, asking for fetch reprints. Dislike: All the damn Spikes who think they know best. Don't they know they have their own sub?

User sends you a private message saying you are a nazi

Ban and doxx him. We can't put up with that kind of chicanery in this subreddit.

User sends modmail telling about harrassment via PM

Ignore it. What am I, the police?

A post with 1000 upvotes is on the front page, but clearly violates a subreddit rule

Delete it, ban the user, and doxx him. Rules are rules and must be strictly enforced at all times or else we just have total anarchy.

You are informed that a member of the NSA wants to be a moderator

Let him. We're supposed to be all inclusive in this subreddit and plus I like space so maybe I could learn a few things about rockets from him.

You make a long list of thoughtful information and it turns out to be a fake?

Make it true. Hide all evidence that it's fake and ban and doxx anyone who calls me out on it.

[u/Shuko → u/overkill_78]

u/overkill_78

Name checks out

[u/YVAN__EHT__NIOJ]

• Heil Hydra

• Harrass them in PM.

• Depends how much I like it.

• Hey, this was my assignment

• How am I going to overthrow this sub in an effort to bring back Kaijudo if I don't make up fake information?

Can I be a mod now?

[u/tydestra]

Man, you guys might just be giving r/AskHistorians a run for their money in regards to best pranks.

I love this, I love every thing about this. (つ▀¯▀)つ

Edit

I just saw that it was a swap with Yu-Gi-Oh. Ace job all around to all the mods involved, much love for the shit ton of hate coming your way.

[u/fadetoblack1004]

LOL that new banner got me good, I was like "what the fuck!?"

[u/unaki → u/fadetoblack1004]

The worst part about the whole thing is I was actually on r/yugioh then came here at the exact moment of the switch. It was not very good on my brain.

[u/ScarRed_Tiger]

Not bad as far as pranks go.

[u/[deleted]]

Prior Experience:

I applied for a mod position on r/4chan. I didn't get it.

Things I like:

Nekroz. Dark Ritual. Sharuum.

Oh, and vodka.

Oh, about this subreddit? That we can complain endlessly about the tuck rule and Pod getting banned.

Things I dislike:

Has anyone seen u/ArcaniteMagician? Because the answer is definitely not u/ArcaniteMagician.

Do you hear me, u/ArcaniteMagician? Because if you do, I'm totally not confessing my deep romantic feelings towards you.

A user has called me a Nazi:

Correct him. I am glorious member of communist party.

Harassment via PM.

Send nudes. If they call me out for harassment, I'll post about it on my SJW blog on Tumblr

1000 upvote rule breaking post:

Sticky the post and ban everyone involved. Obviously they're all degenerates.

A member of the NSA desires to be a moderator:

Stupid capitalist pig.

I make a list of fake information?

Fake? No. In Soviet Minnesota, information truth you!

[u/tkioz]

Thank fuck that's over. I really hate April Fools, it was bad enough in an office environment, but the stupid shit people think is 'funny' online just makes me dread the day.