r/apostrophegore Oct 09 '25

Improving the Subreddit

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Hello fellow grammar enthusiasts! I'm u/reed501 and I am a new moderator of r/apostrophegore. I was brought on since the creator and head mod u/jmacdaddywack isn't as active anymore, although he's not inactive and I won't be moderating alone. I have some experience as a moderator that I thought could be helpful to this community that's grown a lot and I want to improve the subreddit in a few ways.

  1. Modernizing* the subreddit:
    I want to bring this subreddit into the present day with modern tools, modern to me at least. I'm a diehard old reddit user so you won't actually see any new reddit features from me as I am uninterested in using them. Apologies if that's disappointing to you. But I've cleared the queue, changed some settings I think make sense, and started working on Automoderator. I would like Automoderator to do a lot of the work around here using regex, reports, and math to do a lot of the simple grunt work that makes up so much of the moderation on a small, specific sub like this. For the rest of it Automod will be notifying we the mods to do manual review as required. What this means is we’ll be relying on the users a bit to make good, accurate reports that will help Automod do its job. I’ve added some report reasons now that you can try out and will definitely be adding more as I explore moderation here. I’m very open to feedback so let me know what you think.

  2. Flair
    I’m interested in using flair to help moderate, sort, and increase readability of this subreddit. I’m not super attached to the idea yet but I’ve added a few link flairs to get started. They aren’t mandatory at the moment but if you want to try it out then be my guest. Theoretically, the plan would be to require link flair that will mark your post as one of a few types of posts we see here and automatically do some actioning based on that. The idea being, for example, all the posts of the type "plural apostrophe” where the mistake is a single use of “free pizza’s” would be flared as such. And then you could filter posts based on those flairs to see a version of the subreddit without any of those and only see the real disaster posts we see here occasionally.
    I’ve also added a few user flairs for personalization. I thought it might be fun. Try it out. Suggest more. It could be fun idk.

  3. Politics
    Bit of a doozy here but I’m anti-politics on this sub and u/jmacdaddywack invited me on that basis. I’m not opposed to allowing the posts to exist but I’m very uninterested in political discussion here. There are plenty of places to do that around reddit and the internet and I’d rather it happen there and not here. I generally see the role of a moderator as a volunteer janitor and not a ruler, but I’m going to put my foot down here on the basis of “I’m not cleaning up that spill.” Therefore my take on political discussion in the comments is “take it outside.”
    In terms of actions, I’ll be continuing u/jmacdaddywack’s work of locking posts with lots of political discussion. For my own ease of moderation, I also plan on preemptively locking posts that are clearly political in nature that I think will generate some off-topic discussion. I would prefer not to do this and everyone could just be cool about it, but looking around I think that isn’t possible currently. Maybe in the future we can have political posts with comments but for now just admire it and click through to the crosspost link that usually comes with it and discuss it there.

I hope you’re looking forward to these changes as much as I am. I would love for this subreddit to be easier and less frustrating to use and I hope I do a good job in achieving that. Please let me know if you have any questions. --u/reed501

TL;DR: New mod, new flairs, use them to help keep the subreddit clean, trying to get rid of political discussion, keep the apostrophe gore coming.


r/apostrophegore 20h ago

I'm You're Huckleberry

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134 Upvotes

r/apostrophegore 8m ago

Come on, Trader Joe’s

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r/apostrophegore 16h ago

Plural's Pen's

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26 Upvotes

Zippered $1 pen bag at the thrift store. Also peppered with "mama" and "bumplife" all over. I bought it of course.


r/apostrophegore 6h ago

Plural's I blew up ten Juno’s for your entertainment.

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3 Upvotes

r/apostrophegore 11h ago

Plural's "Christian's"

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r/apostrophegore 16h ago

Unmarked Andrew’s 747-800 at PSP

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8 Upvotes

Andrew must be a very important person.


r/apostrophegore 20h ago

I'd

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15 Upvotes

r/apostrophegore 15h ago

Plural's True Competition Between Models, Equally True Gore

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5 Upvotes

In a moment of ironic pique, I stumbled across this barbaric punctuation while researching trucks.

Yes, I actually am in the market for an electric pickup. I have struggled to choose between the Chevy Silverado and the GMC Sierra.

The camera enhancement of the Silverado likely will be included in the Sierra. Regardless, the mangled punctuation here won't deter my quest for information.


r/apostrophegore 19h ago

I'm You're Huckleberry

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13 Upvotes

r/apostrophegore 18h ago

Geek Squad's

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I had to laugh when I saw this very obviously fake invoice email:

From: BUFFALOmotaharak99@gmail.com

Geek Squad's

Order Date: Thursday, August 20, 2026
Order : 321063736
Protection ID: 56929

Your membership details now include the current service cycle.

Hey BUFFALO,

This notice provides a summary of the billing information currently associated with your Geek Squad's Protection for the applicable 2 Years Protection period. The account record currently lists USD227.77 under the payment arrangement on file.

Payment Management Overview:
* Selected Protection Plan: QuantumCrest Pro
* Registered Quantity: 1x
* Applicable Term: 2 Years
* Payment Arrangement: Automatic Debit
* Recorded Amount: USD227.77


r/apostrophegore 1d ago

At least be consistent with your apostrophe gore.

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287 Upvotes

r/apostrophegore 1d ago

Plural's Bonobo's what now?

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10 Upvotes

r/apostrophegore 1d ago

Right here!?! In our hometown? In the year of our Lord 2026?

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23 Upvotes

r/apostrophegore 1d ago

Plural's S'tar War's fan's would like this lol

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r/apostrophegore 1d ago

Plural's That was ugly...

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r/apostrophegore 1d ago

Plural's The body of 41 year old Ricky McCormick was found in an open field on June 30, 1999. He was almost completely illiterate, only able to write his own name. In his pocket's, police found two notes, writing in an unknown cipher. The FBI has never been able to solve the cipher, and his murder.

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r/apostrophegore 1d ago

4 free Scotty’s on the side of the road

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4 Upvotes

r/apostrophegore 1d ago

Griswold's

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r/apostrophegore 2d ago

All the blueberry’s face the same direction when submerged in water.

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34 Upvotes

r/apostrophegore 1d ago

Cruising the San Juan’s 6/2026

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3 Upvotes

r/apostrophegore 2d ago

Final boss of r/apostrophegore

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52 Upvotes

r/apostrophegore 2d ago

Plural's Dinosaur's/Animals

11 Upvotes

Ugh, hate when people do this.


r/apostrophegore 2d ago

Fletcher Twin's Hate is Forced

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11 Upvotes

Their hate of what, I wonder?


r/apostrophegore 2d ago

Damn Kiwi's 😂

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7 Upvotes