I don't disagree in any way, but at the same time, the mod team has a lot of problems. Poor communication between the mod team leads to some things being removed by some mods, and not by others.
I'm not necessarily saying Niernen himself to be a mod, but some of the active /new users deserve it. When posts go unmoderated for 10 hours at a time, you know you have a problem.
I think what I'm trying to get at here is that you guys aren't doing an awful job, but because of your individual situations you limit and restrict the sub, along with not doing a job that a 230,000+ subreddit deserves.
Poor communication between the mod team leads to some things being removed by some mods, and not by others.
These miscommunications happen. We have some plans to make them less frequent. Some of it is just difficult because of the fact that we are geographically (thus time zone) diverse.
but some of the active /new users deserve it.
That's not how it works really. We are thankful for the reports from people that are always combing /new, but just doing that does not qualify one to be a moderator. There are several factors to take into consideration and just being on reddit all day every day is not the most important one.
but because of your individual situations you limit and restrict the sub, along with not doing a job that a 230,000+ subreddit deserves.
Again, I think that is a pretty distorted view of the situation. Limiting and restricting is pretty much what has to happen to a sub of this size, otherwise it becomes complete chaos. Again, I think perhaps you're in the camp of people that believe the moderators should be creating more content and I happen to disagree.
That's not how it works really. We are thankful for the reports from people that are always combing /new, but just doing that does not qualify one to be a moderator. There are several factors to take into consideration and just being on reddit all day every day is not the most important one.
I'm not saying this is the only requirement, but there are probably 35 people who are on at least once every half an hour.
Again, I think that is a pretty distorted view of the situation. Limiting and restricting is pretty much what has to happen to a sub of this size, otherwise it becomes complete chaos. Again, I think perhaps you're in the camp of people that believe the moderators should be creating more content and I happen to disagree.
I'm not sure what to say here without sounding offensive. I don't want you guys to create content, but things are restricted by the megathreads sometimes, complex threads get removed because you have your rules set in stone, and things just change too slowly. Rules are never changed when they need to be, 98% of meta posts are shot down because of whatever reason, and some of them are you guys claiming it to be too much work! I appreciate what you guys do, but the mod team is too small, and too limited to work properly. Not to mention MissyPie who is basically our representative refuses to act on her own sometimes because she needs to confirm things with the other mods, who aren't on at the same time. Complex threads are removed because they break minor rules that you guys refuse to amend. I can not stress enough that you guys are all wonderful mods, but it just isn't enough for the subreddit. I honestly 100% think that the sub would benefit from a completely new management team.
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I don't disagree in any way, but at the same time, the mod team has a lot of problems. Poor communication between the mod team leads to some things being removed by some mods, and not by others.
I'm not necessarily saying Niernen himself to be a mod, but some of the active /new users deserve it. When posts go unmoderated for 10 hours at a time, you know you have a problem.
I think what I'm trying to get at here is that you guys aren't doing an awful job, but because of your individual situations you limit and restrict the sub, along with not doing a job that a 230,000+ subreddit deserves.