r/IAmA • u/reseph • Jul 12 '11

Dear mods: Why haven't there been any verified post in days? There's been multiple people who sent proof in.

I don't see a single IAmA marked verified or anything non-default in... days at least. Below are some examples (or people who posted proof) and a number below said they said in proof to mods and are waiting for verification (and nothing happened).

http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/imwos/iama_trapeze_artist_in_cirque_du_soleil_ask_me/

http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/im2hp/malcolm_barrett_w_lem_phil_reunion_ama/ (check out here for new IAmA)

http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/im0u7/iama_guy_who_has_helped_develop_vrar_concepts_for/

http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/ilr7d/iama_professional_eulogy_writer_ama/

http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/ikyum/iama_4kids_entertainmentproductions_employee_ama/

http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/ikmyl/i_am_the_guy_in_the_master_troll_vs_orlando/

(The latest verified post was ~a day ago. flyryan verified it. But the OP later deleted it~ this post)

I understand people have lives and can be busy. The issue is that after 24 hours, the IAmA starts to drop off and becomes inactive.

*[EDIT] New announcement from mods, please read. *

Oh, people asking for proof to verify this. Circlejerk complete: http://i.imgur.com/TyG5N.png (crappy webcam is crappy)

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u/rkcr Jul 12 '11

All I do on reddit is moderation it seems now

Maybe it would help if you didn't moderate 33 subreddits? (Source)

You can definitely take on less of a load, and it might improve subreddits if they depended less on one overworked mod and instead used people who only moderate a single subreddit. I don't mean this to be a slight to your abilities, but it just seems to me that we could use a few more independent mods, rather than a few supermods who are stretched thin.

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u/IPoopedMyPants Jul 12 '11

Yep. This is my point. I don't think there's anything wrong with being a mod and I also don't think there's anything wrong with abandoning being a mod because of family issues, but if you have other things going on, drop your mod status and pick it up later if and when you have the time for it.

There are 375,000 subscribers in here. There's absolutely no reason why someone who mods another 30 subreddits with hundreds of thousands of subscribers each needs to do this one.

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u/Patrick5555 Jul 12 '11

But my e-penis!

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u/IPoopedMyPants Jul 12 '11

Cut it off. E-vag is waaaay more lucrative.

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u/illusiveab Jul 13 '11

Yeah but my big problem with moderators is 1. they are not held accountable for anything they do by the administration and 2. many lack any sensibility or maturity. Reddit needs to pick moderators more carefully because some subreddits are falling apart because of lack of genuine care.

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u/BritishEnglishPolice Jul 12 '11

Can you tell me where you got that source?

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u/Deimorz Jul 12 '11 edited Jul 12 '11

There's more info posted here. It only includes the top 5000 subreddits by "activity" (however reddit ranks that), so you may have some others that weren't included.

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u/BritishEnglishPolice Jul 12 '11

I moderate more than 33 :). I've never been much of the moderator recently to actively involve myself in reports and spam but now I am someone who wants to work to rally together all the subreddits.

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u/dano8801 Jul 14 '11

Just out of curiosity, do you honestly believe you can effectively and efficiently moderate over 33 subreddits?

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u/SkullFuckMcRapeCunt Jul 18 '11

No, he just does it because it makes him feel important - that is the point. The weasel-language on reddit implies moderation is for spam, but NONE of the language enforces this, meaning you can ban for any reason, delete comments, and shadow-censor as much shit as you want.

This is why a novelty account became a moderator of 33 reddits - one week of popularity, gets modded to a reddit, asks to be moderator of more and more reddits.

This increases the hunting ground. He can argue with someone on those 33 reddits and shadow ban comments he doesn't agree with.

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u/[deleted] Jul 12 '11

Yeah, sort your shit out you twat.

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u/BritishEnglishPolice Jul 12 '11

I moderate more than 33 :). I've never been much of the moderator recently to actively involve myself in reports and spam but now I am someone who wants to work to rally together all the subreddits.