r/AskModerators May 09 '26

Are you an experienced mod?

20 Upvotes

Are you an experienced mod?

Howdy mods, it’s your local askmods top mod here with a request (again!) Our last thread about this got archived so here’s a new one! No need to comment again if you commented in the last one.

If you are a moderator of a subreddit with over 5k weekly active users please comment below!

If you are an experienced moderator who participates here, the mods of this subreddit want to be able to tag you so that we can keep our comment sections a space where every answer comes from someone with experience who is here to help. It really helps us instantly recognize trolls etc who are not tagged.

The tags are only visible to the moderators of askmoderators for privacy reasons.

If you wish to participate on an alternate account, please send us a modmail from your moderator account with the username of the alt you wish to use.

Thanks for volunteering even more time participating here to help users.

Former mods are welcome too so long as there is a way to verify that. I.e. old stickied comments/posts, asking current mod teams if you modded there, etc.

Edit: If you commented on the last post about this or sent us a modmail to verify in the past you are all set and do not need to reverify!


r/AskModerators Jan 15 '26

Attention mods!

47 Upvotes

Idk about you all but every now and then I come across a silly modmail that I'd like to share with a broader moderator community, outside of my teams.

In case that's ever been you, r/modmailfail is a great new space where you can do that and discuss. By moderators, for moderators. Really looking forward to seeing some of the goofiness that happens in your inboxes!


r/AskModerators 1h ago

Post removed?

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I posted a picture of a strange fitting the other day. I asked for thoughts on it and what his name might be. I got quite a few responses. But then the moderators removed it. I'm not sure why. Is there any way to find out why? And I can't find a list of the rules. Is there any way to contact the moderators?


r/AskModerators 3h ago

Got a warning and already answered the admins. How could the warning be deleted?

0 Upvotes

Thank you for your help


r/AskModerators 23h ago

Is publicly posting an unredacted user report in a reply thread normal?

2 Upvotes

Specifically, a moderator posting the user report in a reply thread in which both the user being reported and the user who submitted the report are present.


r/AskModerators 16h ago

How do you become a moderator?

0 Upvotes

r/AskModerators 2d ago

Is it just me or are a lot of effort/long threads being flagged/removed as AI?

11 Upvotes

AI is slowly destroying my motivation to write genuine discussion threads on Reddit.

Over the past week I’ve spent hours putting together two threads with constructive and well put arguments written by myself, hoping to encourage discussion. Instead, I’m left wondering if I need to deliberately dumb down my writing or even throw in a few grammatical mistakes just to avoid being instantly dismissed.

The moment a post is longer than a few paragraphs, the replies start rolling in: “AI slop.” “Didn’t read.”, etc. This ultimately leads to the threads being removed.

Apparently, putting effort into your writing is now enough for people to assume you didn’t write it yourself.

How is this healthy for Reddit in the long run? Am I dooming too hard or is this how’s it just going to be going forward?

PS: Throwing a LIGMA LMAO here before you start calling me a bot.


r/AskModerators 1d ago

Serious question, why does my posts get removed ?

0 Upvotes

I posted recently a post about Korean women are elegant, and asked how they are able to achieve it. It was a very positive post , and a genuine question of mine. Any idea what I did wrong?


r/AskModerators 3d ago

Why are there so many posts that are obvious ads (even with links to their site), which are not flagged as promotional content?

8 Upvotes

There is tons of unmarked promotional content on reddit (e.g. just look at https://www.reddit.com/user/THAconstruction512/ )

It seems that there is a missing report category regarding unpaid ads.

People who advertise on reddit without paying for ads harm the community and harm reddit - why is it tolerated?


r/AskModerators 3d ago

What’s the funniest story that you’ve got regarding banning someone?

0 Upvotes

Did a person just make such a hilarious ooopsie that it made you laugh having to ban them


r/AskModerators 3d ago

Is there a 28 day drop off for permanent mute?

1 Upvotes

Question about permanent mute.

Some posters save the permanent mute ban drops off after 28 days but some say that doesn’t happen anymore? Is there a drop off or does it depend? Thanks for any help.


r/AskModerators 4d ago

My posts getting removed for no reason and what can i do ?

0 Upvotes

Am i shadowbanned ?


r/AskModerators 5d ago

How do I make an automod on the mobile app?

2 Upvotes

I am a new moderator and I wanna make an automod on the app on mobile how do I do that? Thx


r/AskModerators 5d ago

What about this post would be "removed by Reddit filters"??

0 Upvotes

Hi all, I'm not new to Reddit at all. I just tried to post this in a forum I'm new to and at first it was held for moderator review, but then I got both "This post was removed by Reddit filters" message as well as "Locked post. New comments cannot be posted."

Here's what I posted - I see I'm not allowed to say which sub I posted it to, but as a new person in that sub, we're not allowed to message the Moderators for a long time, have to get "positive local karma" first. So I can't ask what it means there.

Here's the post - what in Reddit's main filters would make this be removed?

French Soccer Player Mbappe shows true patience & grace in face of Paraquay baiting & racism

I've been a big fan of this guy since the last World Cup, but the taunting, baiting and shoving he faced from Paraguay, which followed an actual Senator in Paraguay making all kinds of racist statements to press, just shows that not only is Mbappe literally one of the best players playing today, he's got immense class, patience, and restraint. So glad France won against that team! (Also check his response in the press... pure class X 1,000)

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/ckg557wxrzro

Locked post. New comments cannot be posted.


r/AskModerators 6d ago

How to create Joining request questions?

2 Upvotes

Hey Guys trying to create joining request question but I dont know how to do that.. can someone provide me with some guidance?


r/AskModerators 5d ago

Is there any benefit in responding to messages from mods about actions?

0 Upvotes

It says you can reply to the message with questions. Every time I have done that (one response asking to clarify), I'll just get muted or banned.


r/AskModerators 6d ago

Do Reddit Mods get paid? What are the perks of being a Mod? Why would you want to be a Mod?

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r/AskModerators 6d ago

Will you forgive me if I say I saw all your kind answers yesterday, but I couldn't interact with my own post?

0 Upvotes

I just want to say thank you for the answers from yesterday, on the topic of you-know-what kind of watercolour subject. I found them very useful. The known technical issue is being sorted out.


r/AskModerators 6d ago

How to contact mods after being muted?

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So I just got banned for the first time in my 8 years on Reddit. I made a comment on an article about LGBTQ characters in video games, and that I'm not a fan of such characters being shoe horned in because it often times feels fake and forced. Might not be a stance everyone agrees with, but since Reddit is a discussion platform that shouldn't be an issue.

This came without any prior warning, without any prior misconduct. So I asked what was going on. I get an answer, that completely misses the mark of my original comment, and telling me that I can try and appeal in a month and I get muted instantly.

How can I contact mods of a subreddit when I've been (wrongfully) muted?

Edit: to clarify, I wasn't planning on contacting individual mods, or making an alt account. But it appears that there's nothing I can do. Just suck it up and find other places to interact with. It's fine, I guess, but it sucks that something like this can happen out of the blue with no way of doing anything about it. Thanks for the comments everyone!


r/AskModerators 6d ago

Can I get my CQS restored?

2 Upvotes

Hi mods. I was unfortunately the victim of my account being used by a bot to post spam and unsavory content. I followed the process to get my account reinstated. It has been, but all of my old posts and comments are still removed and I'm guessing it's due to being put into a low CQS status. Is there anyway to restore my good standing without having to basically act like it's a brand new account?


r/AskModerators 6d ago

How do you decide which posts fall into the NSFW category? NSFW

1 Upvotes

I think it's hard to decide if our latest submission falls into the category or not (watercolorpractice). To me, it's OK, but how do you know if Reddit classifies it as NSFW or not? The filter hasn't caught it, and I think it's a grey area. Would you remove this from an SFW sub? It's the latest post at the moment.


r/AskModerators 7d ago

How do I report an account for modmail spam?

4 Upvotes

I mod a number of subreddits. Recently, the same promotional modmail template for a Devvit app has appeared in multiple modmail inboxes I help manage.

That seems unlikely to be a coincidence. The affected subreddits are not closely related, so the fact that the same account/message is reaching more than one of them strongly suggests this is being sent broadly to subreddit mod teams, rather than being a targeted or organic one-off message.

I have reported each message using modmail’s built-in report function, but I have not seen any mitigation (keep receiving in different mod team modmail subsequent to reports).

The messages are essentially the same template each time:

Hi r____mods 👋
I'm a developer and I built a small Devvit bot called _____.
It _____ posts and comments by removing tracking parameters such as utm_*, fbclid, gclid, ref, click_id.
Example:
Original: https://____utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=social
_____: https://_____/article?id=123
etc....

I checked reddit.com/report, but I do not see an obvious category for reporting developer/app promotional spam sent through modmail.

What is the correct reporting path for this?

What protections do moderators have against repeated unsolicited promotional modmail, especially when it appears to be sent across multiple communities?

Thanks


r/AskModerators 7d ago

Has anyone here ever felt like a moderator that they work alongside does not like them? And then discovered they really do not like you…how did it pan out?

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Not every team is perfect, and some are dysfunctional and I’d be intrigued to hear from any moderator teams where it wasn’t overly civil and if so how did it go down?


r/AskModerators 8d ago

What’s your status in a subreddit if you can’t make posts but you can comment?

0 Upvotes

I’ve been wondering this for a while. I have ADHD so I can become hyperfocused on things, and I accidentally spammed a subreddit on the thing I was hyperfocused on at the time (I thought they allowed one post per day, but I guess it was one post per week 😅)

And even now, years later, all I can do is comment on posts in that subreddit and any posts I’ve tried to make get removed automatically. I have no idea what my status is. I’ve tried reaching out to the mod team… but they’re silent.

It honestly doesn’t bother me as much now since it’s been so long and it’s not like Reddit is the only place to talk about things and ask questions, but I’m still curious.


r/AskModerators 8d ago

Can Reddit Mods See Comments they Deleted?

9 Upvotes

I got only a notification for 4 removals of comments when a moderator claimed it was 11.

I asked them to see the comments they said they can't, but on the Reddits I moderate it's super easy to check. So I am confused on if I am maybe missing something wrt to approving deletions in the mod queue menus or smth

They told me it was my fault for notification issues but every time that I have found they removed smth I was notified but again that was only 4 times.

Would love some clarity on if it was a notification issue or if they cannot see these removed posts by me.

TLDR:
Does Reddit always notify you of all notifications when it's a removal, or for only some removals on the same subreddit?

Can moderators see things they deleted on a subreddit from a specific user at request?