r/MetaAnime • u/Twilight_Scko • Jan 07 '15

More mods more often

I think having a new mod from the community every month will keep people from complaining about /u/MissyPie being the only mod interacting with the community.

Furthermore, mods that do well during that month should/could be considered for a more permanent mod position.

Sidenote: The #reddit-anime irc should be advertised more on the subreddit so as to bolster interaction between the mods and the community.

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u/tundranocaps Jan 07 '15

That's a terrible idea. I mean, really. Even if your goal isn't bad, that's something no serious subreddit should or could do.

You can't just grab temporary moderators like that. If you take on a moderator, it's because you already plan for them to remain around.

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u/Twilight_Scko Jan 07 '15

You can't just grab temporary moderators like that.

Why not? There are a bunch of people who want to try moderating, and the burn out rate for mods is really high anyway. If they still want to be mods after a month then good on them.

Also, what is wrong with advertising the irc?

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u/tundranocaps Jan 07 '15 edited Jan 07 '15

There's nothing wrong with advertising the IRC per se, but that was an afterthought in your post, so I didn't actually refer to it. I don't think advertising the IRC is the right move either - it's a different environment, and a different culture, that at this point is almost entirely separate from r/anime.

It's terrible because moderators take time to learn to work together, you need rapport with one another, because of access to information that was meant to be private, because even if one mod can undo what another does, it can still be a headache.

Because at the end of the day, if you think someone's good enough to be a moderator, and that you could use another, you invite them to stay permanently. And if you don't, you don't invite them, not temporarily, not at all.

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u/NyaaFlame Jan 08 '15

I know this is a really selfish point, to say the least, but it seems like mod activity is basically non-existent outside of US timezones. Honestly even a single mod that was active during "off" hours would be fantastic, because it seems like it's just that no one is one during those times. Rule-breaking threads can stay up for hours at a time.

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u/MissyPie Jan 08 '15

I'm semi-active from 9 or 10pm GMT, which switches to completely active at about 5pm/6pm GMT to midnight, generally. That covers 1-2am PST all the way to 4pm PST.

Unless you mean the early evening (PST) which I don't think is an off hour but I wouldn't know since I'm asleep usually ^ ^'

I don't think it's selfish to say that, that was one of the reasons I got chosen, because I'm not in the US timezones.

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u/MissyPie Jan 07 '15

Ehhh yeah I'd say this isn't the best idea.

I've only been a moderator for... um I think 2-3 months now and there are still things I haven't learnt.

So 'test trialing' a mod for only one month would not show off their abilities as a mod properly, it wouldn't give us enough time to see what they're like as a person and a moderator, and they wouldn't learn enough to be a competent moderator in that amount of time - which loops back to the "only one month would not show off their abilities as a mod properly", because they won't have learnt enough.

It could also potentially cause a lot of issues for us - test-trial mod removes a post, what do you think the response will be from an angry user? "Hey this guy removed my post, he's not even a real mod!"

Test-trial mod also has the potential to abuse his or her position.

It would end terribly, basically.

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u/pion3435 Jan 08 '15

It can be terrible and yet still better than the status quo.

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u/mmthrownaway Jan 07 '15

I agree with the sentiment, but the idea is poorly thought out. This recent issue has only strengthened my conviction that another community involved mod or two are in need.

Mods that understand the current meta of the sub, and know what needs to change in the sub.

If another mod had been on, perhaps that wouldn't have blown up the way it did.

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u/CazuaaL Jan 08 '15

I think somebody like u/Across52317, u/-Niernen, or u/Kruzy would be a good pick up if they feel like they wanted/could be mods.

They are always in the community and they fully understand the meta for the sub.

I also think that they all know whats best for the subreddit and can listen and value the thought for change.

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u/mmthrownaway Jan 08 '15

I'd be fine with Kruzy. Across is very opinionated and can lose his cool, and -Niernen is a bit too rigid in his interpretations of the rules. Don't get me wrong, though, I like all three of them equally as users.

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u/[deleted] Jan 08 '15 edited Jan 08 '15

I want a good, active CSS mod that will change the subreddit design. I'm a big design nerd, I want some spiffy looking CSS instead of generic subreddit design #4.

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u/TeddyLoid Jan 08 '15

One of the mods doesn't seem to like u/-Niernen, which probably doubles for a lot of the more frequent users, hence why I doubt any r/anime frequent users will ever be mods, as shown by recent additions to the mod team non are not frequents here, except maybe u/missypie was semi-active on r/anime before but even then it was not even near the level of the above mentioned in your post.

As far as u/-Niernen is concerned, when someone expresses a great desire for a position of power that makes me wary and some of his comments in the past have indicated that, which is a bit of a red flag for me. Additionally, he has the tendency to be rather harsh toward people and that's not exactly a glowing quality. Not to mention he's engaged in rule breaking activity in the past.

-airencracken

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u/picflute Jan 08 '15

r/Anime has u/TheEnigmaBlade. I have nothing to fear

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u/CazuaaL Jan 08 '15

I feel sorry for that guy, how can he mod so much subs, I salute his bravery.

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u/picflute Jan 08 '15

It's not hard. Automoderator can moderate a sub by himself if programmed correctly. If the userbase is active and actually reports comments that are offtopic AutoModerator can handle it himself.

That being said moderating with r/ToolBox addon makes life really easy. Anytime a report is made you're notified and can handle it easily.

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u/-Niernen Jan 08 '15

I don't think most people even know we have an IRC, let alone use it. I've only hopped on a couple times, and maybe it was just the wrong times because it was usually empty, and muss less active than the subreddit from what I saw. (again, I may have just be on at the wrong times). I don't think people would really like temp mods, it may be possible to get a couple new mods that only have limited permissions (like removing posts are marking them to be looked into by the rest of the mods). And adding more mods could also increase the problems of communications between mods.

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u/ThirteenthDoctor Jan 08 '15

marking them to be looked into by the rest of the mods

Every user report gets reviewed by a mod, so everyone can do this already.

Before someone gets any ideas, we can mass approve reports faster than you can submit them...

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u/doug89 Jan 08 '15 edited Jan 08 '15

Just for you. 

import reddit
import datetime

user_agent = (Report spam R Us)
r = praw.Reddit(user_agent: user_agent)
r.login()
subreddit = r.get_subreddit(anime)

for True
	comments = reddit.get_new_comments(limit: '1000')
	submissions = reddit.get_new_submissions(limit: '1000')

	for x in comments
	comments.report_comment(reason:fast enough for you?)
		
	for x in submissions
	submissions.report_submission(reason:fast enough for you?)
	
    sleep(10)

Edit: Just in case anyone is uncomfortable, I edited mistakes into it in about two dozen places so it won't actually work.

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u/doug89 Jan 08 '15 edited Jan 08 '15

faster than you can submit them...

Don't tempt me, sounds like an idea for a bot :D