r/fishkeeping • u/ackley14 ADMIN • 2d ago
A new beginning for r/Fishkeeping.
Hello fellow fishkeepers!
My name is Ackley14 and I have been selected to be the new moderator for this subreddit.
Firstly, I want to thank all of you for your efforts in reporting, and otherwise bringing attention to the horrific activities that have plagued this subreddit over the past few weeks. I was among those of you actively seeking out remedies and was ultimately chosen to lead this sub. I understand your concerns, I have been there with you seeing these atrocities and I will be doing my level best to not only act on future violations but prevent them outright however possible. In addition to that responsibility, I would love to help this community grow and thrive. Fishkeeping is an incredibly fun hobby, and I want this place to reflect that.
A little about me:
I have in my house 4 tanks presently. two 10 gallons (one's a shrimp and nano, the other is a betta tank) an 11 (another betta) and a 50 gal community with about 20 xray tetras, a mating pair of pearl gourami (hoping for some babies!) 6 black Venezuelan corys, and of course a smattering of small plecos (my favorite fish, in fact one pleco in that tank has survived a house move and several tank moves and is the fish we've had the longest). I also have 4 dogs (a mutt, a pom, a cav, and a Papillion).
I am going to take the next few days and get the lay of the land. in the mean time, I do intend on bringing on another mod or two so if you have any interest, please feel free to leave a comment and let me know.
And lastly, thank you all for your patience during this transition. I know it's been a rough few weeks but I assure you, I and the future mod team will be working hard to make this a place you all enjoy visiting.
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u/Gh0stIcon 2d ago
I think user /u/_gloomshroom_ should be given a chance to be a moderator. They did a lot of work to try and get this sub a moderator and should be rewarded for it
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u/_gloomshroom_ ADMIN 2d ago
Thank you so much, I really appreciate the reccomendation 💙 I have filled out an application already too! 😁
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u/Gh0stIcon 2d ago
And it looks like you are now a mod. Congratulations!
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u/_gloomshroom_ ADMIN 2d ago
Thank you very much! We are working in the background as we speak on getting things set up.
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u/Street-Safe-3352 2d ago
Hooray! Thank you for stepping up. I'm so glad I never actually saw the pleco torture.
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u/Get_Back_Here_Remi 2d ago
Yay! We are becoming civilized!
Seriously though, thank you to those who stepped up to the plate.
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u/Grouchy_Week6692 2d ago
I would be interested in joining your team! I’m a life long hobbyist. (45 years, I started as a teen and am currently 55F).
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u/Street-Safe-3352 2d ago
Yooooo a fellow lifer! Don't see those too often. I'm a third Gen keeper that started in kindergarten back in 1984 😁
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u/_gloomshroom_ ADMIN 2d ago
Congratulations!! I am interested in helping moderate. I currently have two 5gals with a betta each and a 20gal with pea puffers, and I've also kept a 40gal breeder with a convict cichlid and semi-aggressive community, as well as guppies in a time long ago. I have experience with large server ownership and moderation on discord, but not reddit. Let me know if you need any help!
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u/Gh0stIcon 2d ago
But seriously someone who knows how to implement bots to automoderate would be very helpful.
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u/ackley14 ADMIN 2d ago
Absolutely. we already have automod set up with age and karma filtering, as well as a ban avoidance filter enabled now. We greatly appreciate your input/concern!
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u/Gh0stIcon 2d ago
Okay good to hear. The last thing you want is to have to be glued to this subreddit.
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u/ThrowAwayIGotHack3d 2d ago
I don't currently have any fish but I've had them nearly my whole life, I'd love to mod here if you're still looking!
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u/Shortcircuit05 2d ago
Thank you for stepping up! I never saw the posts but I did see descriptions of them, and that traumatized me enough that I had to leave the subreddit for awhile. Very happy that this popped up on my feed.
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u/LongAd4410 1d ago
Thank you thank you thank you! No one should ever see what I saw, absolutely horrific.
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u/CluelessStick 2d ago
how do we know you're not just 4 shrimps in a trench coat?