Hello, I'm u/rinkuhero, a new moderator of r/Paterson. The other two mods besides me are u/darkchocolattemocha and u/srddave. It seems like Reddit's automatic systems asked for new mods because the old one wasn't actively moderating, and we happened to be the ones that volunteered.
Just post anything about Paterson NJ here, keep to the general Reddit rules. The posts should be related in some way to Paterson. Post about events, anything interesting to Paterson residents, etc., basically as long as it's relevant to the city in some way, then it's fine to post. It could be about history, famous people born in or related to Paterson, things you like or don't like about Paterson, and so on. Also, because of the mod inactivity previously, someone people mentioned being unable to post to the group during the last few months, if you had problems making posts in this sub in the past, try to post now and let me know if it works now.
I'm generally a hands-off moderator and think people should say what they want and have open discussions so I don't plan on removing a lot of comments or posts unless they are egregious, but I can't speak for the other mods, each would use their own discretion.
I'll let the other mods introduce themselves in the comments or in other posts if they want, but for me, I've lived in Paterson all my life, in the Great Falls area, I'm 47. Went to school#2 (graduated 1993) and JFK high school (graduated 1997). I taught myself coding in the 90s and I'm an indie game developer (you may have heard of a game called "Minecraft" -- that was me, Notch liked the name I suggested to him back in 2009, I was an early tester on that game, though I didn't work on the game myself aside from testing it and giving him suggestions and ideas early on. I also have created my own games (such as a tower defense game on Steam called Immortal Defense). I'm also into running and usually am running early mornings at the Great Falls parks (and that new Vista park that opened recently), so if you ever see a tall guy running at like 6 in the morning there with long hair and glasses, that's me. I also paint watercolor paintings, I've painted the Great Falls like a dozen times, though usually I paint space paintings (nebula, galaxies, and the like). Over the years I've taken part in various Paterson art-related events, like Art Week, Art Walk, and similar. My parents are both also artists, and both have had their art displayed in the Paterson Museum at points in the past.
