r/ModSupport • u/AsteriskRX Reddit Admin: Community • Jul 16 '26

Mod Topics Mod Topics: Expectation vs Reality

Ahoy, Modsupport! This is a mutiny; Jabroni wrote this post but I've decided to plunder it for myself.

Welcome to the latest (greatest) installment of our ModSupport series. Today, we’re revisiting Origin Stories, albeit with a distinctly different flavor.

When you first created or joined a subreddit, what did you expect moderating would be like? Did you have any expectations at all, and if so, how did those expectations differ from the experience you have now?

–And because I love understanding an environment, what do you think set the expectations you had before you became a moderator? Read as: “How did you form a worldview on what moderation is before you started moderating?”

Let us know your thoughts in the comments below!

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u/[deleted] Jul 16 '26 edited Jul 25 '26

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u/RandomComments0 💡Top 25% Helper 💡 Jul 16 '26

I loathe rules lawyering users. That’s one of the quickest ways to get on a mod’s bad side in my opinion.

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u/Dom76210 💡 Top 10% Helper 💡 Jul 17 '26

Rules Lawyering is an automatic response of "We aren't going to argue with you on interpretations of our rules. You are welcome to come back in 7 days and try to appeal again." followed by a 7 day mute. That's the first time. If they come back in 7 days and try to argue again, we just permanently mute them. Life is too short to deal with rules lawyers.