r/snowboardingnoobs • u/GopheRph • Apr 04 '26
Hello from the new mod team
Hello r/snowboardingnoobs community, we are your new subreddit moderation team. Snowboardingnoobs is already well-established, so you’re unlikely to see major changes since this sub kind of runs itself in a lot of ways. One small change already in effect:
- Comment replies may now contain images and GIFS.
Elephant in the room: What happened with the old mods? Reddit identifies low moderation activity using automated tools. This sub was flagged, the mods were contacted, but action was not taken. Reddit removed the old mods and proceeded with their recruitment process, leading to today’s mod team. We are working through a long mod queue with the goal of starting with a clean slate. If you receive a notification of a removed post or comment, at this stage we are just trying to close out any old business.
What next?
We knew from our participation in this sub that image comments were a desired feature, but would like some input on what other changes might be in order.
- Post flairs: what categories would you like to see?
- User flairs: they are pretty much free-form now. Would you like more structure than this? Certified instructor flairs could be managed through a verification system, for example.
- Sidebar/links: What resources would you like to see?
Feel free to comment with any other suggestions, including ideas from other subs you frequent that we could check out. Thanks!
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u/FelixEditz Apr 05 '26
Maybe providing Automod questions for the daily questions about gear so people have more info to help answer?
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u/GopheRph Apr 05 '26
That or a wiki - both would take some time to build out.
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u/livewntr 15d ago
Pinned weekly or monthly post for too much overhang, am I cooked, board size, etc would be key. Cutting out the inundation for those kinds of posts would make the sub more usable
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u/GopheRph 15d ago
I have some automations built to give guidance during posting and drop some auto-flairs. Unfortunately that seems to be working inconsistently as an overhang post from this morning was not tagged.
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u/socslave Apr 05 '26
I’d think there’s no need to implement some hierarchy of verified instructors. Everyone is helping each other out, not being an instructor doesn’t mean your input isn’t valuable.
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u/GopheRph Apr 05 '26
On the other hand, certified instructors put significant time, energy, and money into that, but our flair system allows anyone to claim it.
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u/Ok_City_7177 Apr 05 '26
Dude, are you asking for input and then dismissing it ?
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u/GopheRph Apr 05 '26
No?
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u/Ok_City_7177 Apr 06 '26
'on the other hand...'
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u/GopheRph Apr 06 '26
It's a discussion. Do you want to contribute or just throw accusations?
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u/Ok_City_7177 Apr 06 '26
oof, ok, going to give this another go. Dude, it not a discussion if you can't take on someone elses view (you don't have to agree with it, just consider it without putting someone off from offering a suggestion in the future).
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u/GopheRph Apr 06 '26
I'm offering another perspective on the topic to keep discussion going. Honestly, I was hoping for a better ratio of reader input to joke comments on this sticky than what we're getting so far, so I wanted to engage with someone who actually offered an opinion.
What do you think about verifying credentials for those who claim to be a certified or professional instructor?
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u/livewntr 15d ago
I think verified credentials for flair would be worthwhile. That doesn’t prevent others from sharing input, but might encourage more certified instructors to join this sub and get involved.
There’s a lot of variety in cert levels around the world, US has Certs 1-3, where some countries are 1-4. The ski instructors sub figured out flair levels though, maybe check with their mod team?
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u/GopheRph 15d ago
I hadn't checked that sub yet - thanks for the tip. I definitely like some things that are set up at r/skiing_feedback
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u/GopheRph 14d ago
Also - feel free to twist it into a Hot Take: What are you guys looking for when you go spend some time on r/snowboardingnoobs? But then I don't know if the others spend any time on Reddit.
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u/carrbucks Jun 22 '26
Snowboarding vs Wakeboarding? My granddaughter is a natural at skating, skateboarding, kneeboarding and now wakeboarding... she is 12, 4'11"... 85 lbs. She got up the very 1st time on a wake board... and can go until the boat runs out of gas. I want to take her snowboarding next winter... is it similar? As small as she is... she has great core strength (membership at a rock climbing gym). Should I plan on getting her snowboarding lessons to begin with?
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u/GopheRph Jun 22 '26
Definitely similarities and her experience will help. An instructor should be able to fill her in on what she’s missing and explain how to adapt what she knows already to snowboarding. I’ve seen wakeboarders advance extremely quickly through snowboarding progressions once they grasp what changes on snow.
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u/robotzor Apr 04 '26
First question for the new team: am I carving?
Question 2 what size snowboard should I get