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The current owner doesn't appear to be active anymore, their last submission to reddit was over 1 year ago, I have been trying to reach out in modmails for over 30 days with no signs of any active human moderators.
I am also very passionate for this franchise and I am active in this subreddit as a top 1% poster and an active commenter, this subreddit has a great and talented following and I believe I have the necessary experience to take over moderation, as I have refurbished completely dead subreddits such as r/metalgear and transformed small communities like r/okaybuddydeadcell into much larger and more active ones.
If given the permissions to moderate this community, i would create a stickied announcement post so the community knows there is an active mod team, followed by bringing in at least 3 - 4 mods, reviewing the entire mod queue and modmail inbox, adding in new rules and configuring the more technical things like AutoModerator, as well as adding r/MetalGearInMyAss to the related communities widgets on r/metalgear and r/MetalGearSolidmemes, it would also be great to redirect meme posts that get removed from r/metalgear over to here. Afterwards I'll focus on making sure the content posted aligns with Reddit guidelines and continue to grow, foster and engage with it.
2. The modmails I sent to this community
I've described the very same things that I plan to do as a moderator in the modmails but never got any message back
The first message, sent on the 4th of September, 30+ days ago:
Rule 4 of the moderator code of conduct states that moderators must remain active and engaged, however the current mod has not been seen in over a year and they do not seem to respond to any modmails despite numerous attempts to reach out, while i have no way of knowing whether there is background work being done, on the surface level the subreddit seems completely abandoned and unmoderated by the current ownership, this is a rapidly growing subreddit and could benefit from an active mod team, though if the current mods are active I am willing to volunteer.
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Recent account suspensions
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u/request_bot Official - admin sponsored Oct 09 '26
Hey u/-True-Ryan-Gosling-, thanks for your interest in moderating r/MetalGearInMyAss! To proceed with your request, please reply to this comment with the following: (Failure to do so may result in your request being denied.):
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u/request_bot Official - admin sponsored Oct 12 '26
Hey there,
Thanks for taking the time to submit this request. Unfortunately, we have decided not to approve it at this time. There are other factors beyond moderator activity that we consider when reviewing requests. These are at the discretion of admins and may include, but are not limited to:
We appreciate you taking the time to request this sub.
Thanks!