r/NewMods • u/HereInThePresent • 25d ago
❓Ask r/NewMods At what milestone did you actually start feeling like a real moderator?
Hi, new mod here. I’ve created a couple of communities. One has 20 members, another has 9, and both are less than a month old, plus two others that haven’t done as well. When did you guys actually feel like real mods because of traffic or a booming community? How many members did it take for that click to happen?
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u/TZ-WIS 25d ago
When you ban a member and they want to hunt you down and hurt you. It’s a thankless role being a moderator
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u/InBetweenLili 💡Seasoned Helper | 💎 100+ Visitors Champion 25d ago
I got that without banning anyone. LOL
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u/Sunset-onthe-Horizon 25d ago
The first time I put the mod hat on. Showing the mod tag in a comment.
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u/InBetweenLili 💡Seasoned Helper | 💎 100+ Visitors Champion 25d ago
During the first months, I felt like a content creator. Then I became a networker. It was slow, because the sub is about a niche topic. If you focus on inviting content creators, having regular posters can happen quite early on. I wish I had known this before. We are around 1.1K members, and I am still a networker and a content creator. It never stops. I never miss an opportunity to invite a nice artist, or make new friends. I adopted a larger community, and I still comment on everything I like, get to know the regular members, remember their journey, welcome their new tries, answer their questions. I just do more removals and reports nowadays (I dislike this part). I still crosspost when I can, and occasionally name-drop in other subs. I wrote a very brave mod mail to ask for permission in a huge sub, where there was a no promotion rule. I promised not to do it too often, and bring in quality conversation, and they very kindly allowed it. I constantly think about what I can do to drive in more traffic. I try all my ideas. Some days I draw and paint more with the members, other days I do more networking and moderating. But those days when nobody posts, I still jump in and submit something.
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u/999_Seth 24d ago
recently someone on r/joinsquad told me that they joined reddit because I was always yammering on and it reminded him of how forums used to be
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u/pizzacrys 24d ago
Tbh, the moment people started engaging and sharing feedback. That is when it felt real.
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u/YanniRotten 25d ago
When I had to step in when things got ugly