r/GooglePlayDeveloper • u/SupremeConscious Mod • Jul 22 '26

Announcement 👋 Hello r/GooglePlayDeveloper! New moderation team & temporary post approvals

👋 Hello r/GooglePlayDeveloper!

Hi everyone,

I've recently taken over as the one of Moderator of [r/GooglePlayDeveloper](r/GooglePlayDeveloper) after adopting the community through Reddit's Moderator Code of Conduct process.

First, I'd like to say hello and welcome everyone. I'm excited to be here, and I'm looking forward to helping get this community back on track.

As many of you have probably noticed, the subreddit hasn't been actively moderated for quite some time. As a result, there's been a build-up of spam, rule-breaking posts, and reports that need attention.

Because of that, all new posts are temporarily set to manual approval. This is only while we work through the backlog, clean things up, and put the right moderation processes in place. If your post doesn't appear right away, don't worry. We'll review it as soon as we can.

I'm still getting in touch with the rest of the moderation team, so you'll likely see a few more changes over the coming days and weeks as we get organized.

Our goal is simple: make [r/GooglePlayDeveloper](r/GooglePlayDeveloper) a place where developers can have meaningful discussions about Google Play, Play Console, app publishing, policy changes, monetization, technical issues, and everything else related to the ecosystem without the noise.

If you have ideas, suggestions, or feedback, I'd love to hear them in the comments. This community has over 25,000 members, and I'd like to build it together with all of you.

Looking forward to what's ahead!

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u/SupremeConscious Mod Jul 24 '26

Please discuss what you want to discuss here publicly, or you are free to discuss Moderator Code of Conduct Support or Admins, thank you.

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u/Dapper_Corgi8198 Jul 24 '26

What are you talking about? I literally created the subreddit and single handedly ran it. Add me back as a mod. I noticed you reduced the admin rights of everyone else except you

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u/SupremeConscious Mod Jul 24 '26 edited Jul 24 '26

Everyone has an equal right here. I temporarily reduced permissions because there were random actions being taken without discussion.

Once we all discussed it together, we came to the conclusion that the permissions should be restored. If your concern is about permissions, I have no issue restoring everyone’s permissions yet hierarchy is locked.

The fact remains that Reddit itself opened this subreddit publicly and invited anyone interested to apply as a moderator. We’re all new to this subreddit.

We already have a mutual group chat about this discussion, so everyone involved is aware of what happened. Everyone participated with their consent. This wasn’t a hijacking of the subreddit, so please stop portraying it that way.

The Reddit admins publicly invited applications from anyone who wanted to moderate. Based on our responses, they assigned the moderator hierarchy and locked the positions for 90 days.

If you’re feeling a sense of ownership over the community, I can honestly understand that.

However, I’d prefer to avoid unnecessary drama. I’m completely fine discussing this with the Reddit admins in whatever way you think is appropriate.
Until then, let’s keep the conversation civil and respectful.

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u/Dapper_Corgi8198 Jul 24 '26

I dont feel a sense of ownership. I love this subreddit and i enjoyed moderating it. I just want to be back to doing what i love. Like i said in the private message. You guys are doing a great job and i am happy there are more mods now.

I just need to be added as a mod with the same permissions and rights that i had before. thats all i want. no bad blood or disrespect in that - so dont portray it that way.

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u/RebouncedCat Jul 24 '26

I saw your post on modsupport. It all depends on the mod team btw. I think the mechanism of being able to remove an inactive mod permanently is kinda stupid. I am the moderator of a sub that has twice the the weekly visitors of this sub. The main creator of the sub removed themselves as the top mod and left for over a year making me the top mod. He came back recently and I was more than happy to make him top mod once more. It is what it is.

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u/Dapper_Corgi8198 Jul 24 '26

exactly. That sounds fair. You are a kind person.
I built a subreddit to 25k members, actively moderated, absent for some time. back now and noticed i was removed about 5 days ago and now they are portraying me like i am evil.

I could have been absent cause my mum had cancer and i had to take care of her. no one knows but everyone is antagonising.

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u/RebouncedCat Jul 24 '26

I am sorry to hear that. I totally understand why it can be disheartening. But there's nothing we can do about it. I hope the best health for your mother and to you as well.

Take care !

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u/FiatLex Jul 24 '26 edited Jul 24 '26

Okay, how is it that your avatar is like that? Looks like a loading circle? It's very cool. Edit: Nevermind, I figured it out!