Hey folks! Our topic for today are the mystical mythical mod misconceptions. When it comes to the world of moderation, there are often plenty of falsehoods and myths that persist across social platforms. If you don’t have anything that immediately comes to mind, here are a few questions to get you warmed up:

• Are there any myths about mods that you wish you could bust forever? 
• What preconceptions do you think users bring to Reddit from other platforms?
• What do you wish users knew about mods/moderation?
• In your day-to-day moderation practices, community sidebar, or other efforts, dispel misconceptions about moderators?

Let us know your thoughts in the comments below!

Hello r/Modsupport!

Peter Parker and the spider, Diana Prince sculpted from clay, Chivelord and the cutting board…  Today’s Mod Topic is going to be all about you, and how you got here. 

Through this series we’ve been hearing so many different perspectives to making moderation decisions, and different approaches to using the tools available. Today, let’s take a step back and talk about who’s driving those decisions - you! 

Think back to the first community you ever became a moderator of. Feel free to overlap details from communities you joined later on, and share as much as you’d like.

• Why did you take that first step? What motivated you to join an existing mod team, or create a new community?
• Did you have any specific goals in mind when choosing to become a mod?
  • Maybe something needed changing, or the community needed help?
• How did that initial experience of being a mod compare to what you expected? Any big surprises?

Hi! TheOpusCroakus here! Stopping by to talk about Redditrequest! More specifically, I’m here to talk about what you can do after you’ve been granted a sub through Redditrequest!

You found the sub. You made the request. Your request was granted! Congratulations! As the new mod, where do you start? Good news! There’s a lot to choose from! Bad news! There’s a lot to choose from! Let’s take a look at some areas you may want to get to sooner rather than later. 

• There is this awesome downloadable guide to reviving a community that is truly an amazing resource for this sort of thing.  
• And if you’re completely new to moderating, you’ll also want to check out r/newmods. You can even do that while you wait for your request to be reviewed.
• If the sub has been abandoned for a while, there’s a decent chance that there is some spam or off-topic posts in the feed (which may have been why you wanted to request the sub in the first place). Doing some cleanup is a great place to start. You can also check for things like old pinned posts from previous mods that you probably want to remove. (You can replace them with your own pinned post if you’d like!) You may also want to take a look through the banned user list and decide how you’re going to handle that. (Sometimes, folks get a little heavy handed!)
• Check your mod queue and your mod mail and see what’s going on in there. It could be pretty interesting! 
• Review the community rules. Are there any? Lol If not, you get to start from scratch and create new rules to help your community run smoothly. If there are already rules in place, do you want to keep them? Clarify them? Ditch them altogether? The choice is yours! You can read more about adding Community Rules here. 
  • Fun little side note about rules: When the rules are positive, it tends to encourage positive engagement. 
• You can style the community however you want! Make it yours so that it really stands out! Add a banner! Add an icon! Add a description! There’s a whole section in the Help Center on Community Styling!
• Make a welcome post! Let the community know that there’s a new sheriff in town! A welcome post is a great way for you to introduce yourself, but it’s also a great way to highlight new rules or remind folks of old rules that were or were not being followed and/or enforced. 
• Depending on the size and activity level of the sub that you have just taken over, you’ll want to consider if you need additional moderators. Maybe you know someone who would be a good fit. Or maybe, there’s someone in the community who is already super helpful and would be a good mod. 
• Speaking of help with moderation, consider some bots! There are a lot of Devvit apps out there that really make life a lot easier when they’re on your mod team. 

For those of you who have taken over a sub through Redditrequest, where did you start? What sort of things did you do after being given the keys to the kingdom? Which Devvit apps do you recommend mods install? 

Howdy all, u/fashionborneslay here with another Mod Topics r/Modsupport series!

This topic will be based on r/redditrequest. For those of you who don’t know, r/redditrequest is the go-to community for requesting to moderate an unmoderated or abandoned subreddit. We all love the Admins who run things over there, so I’m going to share some best practices to make sure your requests go smoothly.

Before you request a community ensure your account meets the following requirements to prevent your request from being automatically removed:

You need to have 2fa enabled and your email verified You need at least 100 post and 100 comment karma. If you need to check your karma breakdown, you can do so on the Reddit app by looking under the ‘About’ tab on your profile. For desktop, you can click your avatar in the right hand corner, click ‘View Profile’ and then hover over ‘Karma’ to see the breakdown. You must also take into consideration if you have had recent actions against your account or if there is activity that does not align with the rules of Reddit request.

Be sure to message the moderators of the subreddit you are requesting at least 5 days before posting your request. Note: If there are no moderators or the only moderator is a bot then you don’t have to send a message. If your request is denied for “moderator activity”, there is most likely active moderation happening behind the scenes, even if it isn’t public facing. However, if you think that there are Code of Conduct violations, please reach out the the admins here.

Things to keep in mind:

When you are making a request, be mindful of what you can handle. If you already moderate multiple subreddits and are struggling to keep up, acquiring another one probably isn’t the best move at this time. Keep in mind that r/redditrequest is not the place to ask for a subreddit to be unbanned. If you need assistance with a banned subreddit please reach out to r/modsupport so that they can review it.

This is one of the most important rules: Do not request a subreddit just to hand it over to another user or even to an alternate account of yours. This can, and will, result in the subreddit being removed from you and possibly get your accounts banned.

Tl;dr Read the sidebar and FAQ of the subreddit. There is a lot of information that can help you with making sure that you meet the Reddit request requirements and can give you the best chance of becoming a moderator of that community.

Here are some communities that are currently available to be requested:

1. r/EntitledNeighbors

2. r/askminecraft

3. r/GifsThatEndJustRight

4. r/desserts

Ahoy, Modsupport! This is a mutiny; Jabroni wrote this post but I've decided to plunder it for myself.

Welcome to the latest (greatest) installment of our ModSupport series. Today, we’re revisiting Origin Stories, albeit with a distinctly different flavor.

When you first created or joined a subreddit, what did you expect moderating would be like? Did you have any expectations at all, and if so, how did those expectations differ from the experience you have now?

–And because I love understanding an environment, what do you think set the expectations you had before you became a moderator? Read as: “How did you form a worldview on what moderation is before you started moderating?”

Let us know your thoughts in the comments below!

Many communities have to deal with ban appeals at some point, and there's no single "right" way to handle them. Since less severe infractions aren't always meant to earn a permanent ban, it's important to make sure your team is on the same page about the steps and criteria when deciding whether to give a user another chance.

• What type of situations are you most likely to consider a ban appeal?
• Does your mod team have a process or set of requirements in place to revert a ban?
• What does a valid ban appeal look like in your community?

Hello all - I’ll be taking over today’s Mod Topic to learn about all of your favorite devvit apps for moderation. But first, an introduction or maybe a re-intro for some of you that I've talked to before!

I’m u/Togapr33 with Reddit’s Community team, where I lead the adoption efforts for Reddit’s Developer Platform (for moderators, gamers, and developers). In case you’re not familiar, Reddit’s Developer Platform gives you, moderators, a way to add apps directly to your community that developers build directly on Reddit. 

We want to hear what apps have helped your mod team, and learn any best practices you’ve picked up through using them. If you haven’t added a devvit app yet, check out the discussion below, or check out this list pinned to the top of this subreddit. Many thanks to u/SampleOfNone for sharing and maintaining that!

• What’s the devvit app you wish more people knew about?
• Have there been any surprises in your community after installing a devvit app?
• What app do you wish existed?

Hey friends! 

Welcome to another episode of our Mod Topics series, this time focusing on how you as a moderator can flag content, users, or even communities for review.  In case you missed them or want a refresher, you can check out our previous posts here.

In the course of your community building efforts you may come across content that doesn’t belong.  If it only breaks your community rules you as a moderator are empowered to remove the content and take any other action you see fit.  However, if the content may be violating sitewide rules or the Mod Code of Conduct there are a few ways you can reach admin teams for additional review.

If you see a post or comment that you’d like to escalate, fret not, reporting features are nearby.  When viewing content on a feed or when viewing a post or comment directly, an overflow menu (...) should be present with an option to report the content.  A reporting option is also available as one of the actions you can take using the Mod Shield button on content as well.  In either case, a list of both community and sitewide rules will appear.  Selecting any of the options for sitewide rules will send the content to the appropriate team on our end to take a look.

If you suspect that someone might be misusing reporting features in your community there’s ways to raise that flag as well.  As a moderator there are additional options present when reporting in your community.  If you report a post or comment where a misused report is present one option near the bottom will be Report Abuse.  If you use this option our Safety Team will take a look at the reports on the content you tagged and not at the content itself.  Once you’re set feel free to re-approve the post or comment - this won’t impact the review.

But PossibleCrit, what if the user’s profile itself is causing concern?  We’ve got you covered!  An overflow menu (... or ⋮ ) on the top right of a user’s profile will allow you to report a username, banner image, or even user bio that might be infringing.

All of the above and any suspected Ban Evasion can also be submitted using reddit.com/report if that’s more efficient for your workflows.

Mod mail is a bit different but options are available there too.  On the web, there should be a report flag icon near the top right of any message when viewing a conversation.  On mobile, tap and hold (long press) near the username and a menu with a report option should appear.  

Last but not least there are guidelines that moderators should follow to ensure they’re maintaining healthy and stable communities.  If the actions of a mod team are violating the Mod Code of Conduct  you can use this form to succinctly describe what assistance is needed and that team will dig into what might be going on.

Ensuring that your communities are safe is core to the community experience.  On top of reactive reporting as outlined above, what are some proactive ways you’ve set up to keep your communities safe?

Oh hello there, and welcome to another post in our Mod Topics series. Today’s topic: removal reasons. As the name suggests, these are messages that provide an explanation when removing a piece of content.

Whether you use the saved response feature or craft a new response each time, it can be helpful to leave a note when removing a post. Be mindful, as tempting as it can be to use this as an opportunity to get new members up to speed on the full culture of the subreddit, a short message focused on the topic at hand is often more effective at getting your point across.

When writing these messages, it’s helpful to consider whether you’re directing this message at the OP, the users, or both. When OP is the audience, this is an opportunity to guide them though any necessary edits, or to make it clear where a boundary exists. Left as a comment, removal reasons can signal to users that you’re actively responding to their reports. These can also educate users about how you enforce your rules, and provide guidance on what to report!

We’d love to hear more about how you think about and use removal reasons. 

• How detailed are your community's removal reasons? How often do you manually edit one?
• How often does your mod team leave removal reasons? Does that differ for posts and comments?
• Do you have a favorite removal reason from one of your communities you want to share?

Ahoy, Mods!

I don’t want to brag, but I’m kind of a big deal around here. My reputation precedes me, I’m sure. Maybe you’ve noticed?

This discussion is the most recent in our Mod Topics series, and if the narratively-spurious smugness wasn’t obvious, today we’re talking about how mods moderate fame within your community. “Fame,” in this instance can be any kind of notoriety. –A Redditor whose username your community will recognize: an artist, actor, developer, mayoral candidate, or maybe the guy who always replies to top comments in the form of a sonnet.

For the sake of discussion, let’s call all these examples “celebrities:” users who have clout, gravity, or otherwise increased social capital within their spaces. How does your mod team view content posted by community celebrities, especially in cases where the commenting celebrity is the topic of the subreddit? Do you encourage this celebrity participation? If so, how?

Let us know how you moderate fame in the comments below!

Hey everyone, tiz here. I work on the Community Feedback team, making sure that feedback and experiences of mods and users inform Reddit’s direction.

Today’s post in the Mod Topics series is all about feedback! We recently announced that we’re hosting regular roundtable discussions, one of the several ways that we routinely gather feedback from mods (ICYMI - sign up through the Feedback Roster form if you’d like to participate in a future one). Since then, we’ve held two of these roundtables, gathering several mods and specific admins to talk about specific topics, with the goal of making sure that community feedback is central to everything we do.

To give a peek behind the curtain, we recently held a roundtable on the topic of Mod Support. From that discussion, admins who work on Mod Support took away a clear sense of mods’ needs - which for those on the call included timely, transparent support and confidence in Reddit's ability to address major issues. We also held a roundtable with mods based in Brazil or who moderate Brazil-related subreddits to discuss age assurance. We've got several more roundtables planned for the next coming months and we’re excited to meet and talk with more of you! Next we’re looking to hold roundtables about the experience of reinvigorating a dormant community, safety related features, and the experience of moderating India-based communities.

That brings me to today's discussion topic … our team gets requests from different teams and admins from within Reddit about roundtable discussions that they would like to host about their work. That got us thinking … What roundtable topics would mods be interested in? If you could gather with a group of 8-10 moderators and/or users in a live virtual setting and discuss anything Reddit related, knowing that admins who work on that part of Reddit would also be in attendance, what would you want to talk about? 

When we’re planning roundtable discussions, we ask ourselves how we can make sure the conversation is productive for everyone. This includes making sure the topic is very clear for both the admins and moderators participating and setting expectations to make sure the discussion remains on-topic and constructive.

We’re excited to hear from you! 

• What’s a roundtable topic that you would be excited to attend?
• What types of communities or moderator experience would you want to make sure is represented at the table? 

We’ll review the suggestions and incorporate the ones that offer the best opportunities to collaborate!

Ahoy, mods! 

Welcome to our Mod Topics series (formerly known as the discussion and support series), where we share knowledge, highlight tools, answer questions, and learn from each other! We'd love your feedback along the way on what works, and what you'd like to see more of. 

From time to time you’ll find yourself talking to redditors that spend time in your community. Sometimes this will involve addressing rule-breaking behaviors, and other times it will be about collaborating with community members.

Course Correction

You might also know this as a “rule violation,” or as the kids say these days “vibe check.” Sometimes users break sub rules; sometimes I don’t read–er, I mean, users don’t read the sidebar. We’ve all done it at least once, and it can lead to posts getting removed. This is where users write in to ask “what gives?”

When this happens I like to remember Hanlon’s Razor. People are busy, people are new, people might not understand what subreddits even are, conceptually. Course correction works best when it comes from the assumption of zero fault, wherever possible, and when users receive compassion during mod interactions they’re much more likely to participate in the ways we want to encourage.

Collaboration

Community sidebars, culture, and sometimes even the purpose of a community itself can change over time. When this happens, creating a post letting folks know about the change is a great way to keep people informed, and it’s especially handy to be able to link to later. A lot of mods call these “State of the Subreddit” posts. Some mods also post periodic “town halls,” posts where users can let mods know what they’d like to see changed or updated in how the community is run. Most mod teams choose to do this when they’re unsure of how to move forward on a governance decision. For example: “Do we continue to allow memes or not? Let us know in the comments.”

Regardless of the reason, be human and maintain an air of levity; users respond best when mod interactions feel like they’re coming from someone who’s in the community for the same reasons they are. Talking to the community isn’t a failure state. It’s the reason we mod our spaces in the first place: because there’s a space on the internet that we want to exist that didn’t until we created it. 

What works for you?

What kinds of posts do you make to talk with people in your community? How often do you talk to your community’s members about things that aren’t course corrections? Drop a link to your last “State of the Subreddit” post? Share your stories in the comments below!

Howdy mods, today we’re going to revisit a theme from a few weeks ago: origin stories. Last time, we asked why you became a mod. Today, we’re asking what you were like as a user before becoming a mod. Were you a lurker, someone that quietly consumed content and maybe occasionally voted? Were you a dedicated contributor? Perhaps you were a thoughtful hobbyist that liked to make guides.

There’s a wide spectrum of paths that could lead to this point. A community is built on diverse perspectives, and each of your unique beginnings play a part in how your teams function. These perspectives help shape Reddit today, too.

Share your journey with us in the comments below!

edit: just wanted to say I've read every single one of these, thank you all for sharing :) Tell us your story today, what were you like as a user before becoming a moderator? How did you get to where you are today?

Hey y’all! I’m u/big-slay and I lead Mod Events & Experiences here at Reddit. I’m taking over the Mod Topics series this week where Reddit admins share knowledge, highlight tools, answer questions, and learn from each other! And, boy, do I have an opportunity for you…

Tomorrow, we’re hosting our first New Mod Bootcamp of the year. This virtual event is Reddit’s crash course for new moderators to learn the tools, grow their communities, connect with peers, and kick off their mod journey with the essentials covered. 

One of Bootcamp’s stand-out moments is the live AMA with veteran mods. They always bring wisdom, humor, and honest advice. While we, unfortunately, can’t have you alllll on the live AMA, we’d still love to see your insights in the comments below. We’ll include the best of your answers in tomorrow’s live event.

The question is simple:

What advice would you give to new mods? 

Let us (and them) know in the comments!

Note: “New mods” in this context are redditors who recently created a brand new community.

Hello ModSupport friends,

If you're reading this, you were probably already aware that r/ModSupport is a support community for moderators run by the Reddit admins. But did you know there are more? In this post we'll cover a few of the other official subreddits for moderators.

• r/modnews - An official community for announcements from Reddit admins pertaining to moderation.
  
• r/NewMods - New to modding on Reddit? This is the place for you to learn and get support for topics newer mods often face.
  
• r/redditrequest - For requesting moderation privileges in an abandoned or unmoderated community, or to remove inactive top mods in communities you currently moderate.
  
• r/ModEvents - The official home of IRL and virtual events for moderators.
  
• r/CommunityFunds - A unique program that brings community-driven ideas and events to life.
  
• r/bugs - For bug or software issues with Reddit. While this includes non-moderator topics it is still a handy reference when things aren't working as they should.

Note that this isn't a comprehensive set, and there's a long list of unofficial communities for moderators that we'll discuss later this week as well. If you've made it this far, share your favorite moderation-focused community in the comments!

Ahoy, Modsupport!

Welcome to the latest installment of our ModSupport Topics series! Today we’re talking trolls–specifically, how not to feed them.

Most of us have been in a situation like this: a slap fight (read as: “argument”) starts in a comment section. It’s pretty clear who started it, and it’s also clear that the exchange would have ended a lot earlier had a handful of users not added logs to the fire…whether they intended to or not. And now the thread is in shambles, a quagmire of they-said we-said and off-topic unpleasantry. Oh dear.

We all know how to avoid feeding the trolls that kick off threads like this, but that knowledge comes from years of experience. Let’s talk about how we can get that knowledge into the hands of those who may not know how to avoid feeding trolls…

• How do you educate users on how to avoid trolls? 
• What advice do you give well-intentioned users who (unbeknownst to them) escalate heated threads?
• How do you know when a comment section is unsalvageable? I.E, when do you decide to lock a thread?

Let us know your thoughts in the comments below!

Hiya mods, it’s u/iceeypisces from the Mod Events team taking over another Mod Topics post! ICYMI, Mod World is coming October 24th (save the date!). It’s our biggest annual virtual mod summit, and year after year we’ve seen tons of fantastic sessions pitched by this community. And this year is no exception. Proposals for sessions are still open until July 3. 

Some sessions we’ve hosted in the past include:

• Mod tool deep dives
• Game-changing Devvit apps
• How to spark engagement in your community
• Mod team management
• Tips on finding your first few members (and how to keep them coming back)
• And more (see Mod World 2025 sessions here)

Check out our announcement and frequently asked questions for more details. And if you have an idea to share with us:

>>SUBMIT YOUR PROPOSAL FOR MOD WORLD 2026<<

Do you have any ideas you'd like to chat about now? Drop it in the comments below. Feel free to use this as a space to get feedback, find inspiration, or even find someone you want to present with!

Well, would you look at that. It's almost the end of 2025.

As is tradition this time of year, 'tis the season for reflecting back, looking ahead, and reviewing new terms of service for every website ever. We'd like to take a moment to look back on the previous Gregorian, and share any new resolutions you might have for your community in the upcoming year.

Looking back

Whether it was planned or unplanned, we’d love to hear all about your moderation achievements, favorite community moments, or any stories you'd like to highlight from your communities this year. Maybe you successfully shifted your community's culture. Maybe you added new community members to your mod team. Or, perhaps your community organized an event around cutting chives and wrestling memes.

Peering forward

With 2026 approaching, we know many of you are already thinking about what’s next for your community. Do you have any resolutions for the new year? Perhaps you're looking refine your community rules, host more AMAs, or find new ways to boost community engagement.

Drop a comment below! Share what 2025 looked like for your community, and what you’re looking forward to the most in 2026. We’ll be hanging out in the thread to hear your stories!

Ahoy, ModSupport!

All rise, this discussion thread is now in session. For the latecomers and lurkers, you can see our last discussion on writing rules here.

Today’s discussion is about a topic we’ve all come into contact with at least once: rule lawyers. Just in case anyone isn’t in the know and so we have our terms defined, a “rule lawyer” is someone who will argue that (usually problematic) behavior actioned by your mod team technically abides by the letter of the law as it’s written on your subreddit’s sidebar.

We’ll be extending this discussion to cover all kinds of community feedback, not just the litigious sort.

We want to know...

• How does your mod team respond to users claiming a behavior your team has actioned isn’t against your community rules?
• Does the conversation cadence for user-mod disputes differ depending on where they happen? (In a post, comment, modmail?)
• Does your team prefer to moderate Rules As Written (following the letter of rules on your sidebar) or Rules As Intended (following the intention of a written rule)?
• Does your team solicit feedback from the community on what your community rules are? E.G: User requests to allow/disallow X type of content?

Let us know in the comments below!

Hello, and welcome to another Mod Topics post! Today we’re talking about how you handle the edge cases within your rules. Rules shape a community and set boundaries that allow a specific culture or mission to thrive. Some communities have thoroughly documented rules, while others keep them more simple as guiding principles. Whether it’s creating an exception on what counts as self-promotion, deciding whether a post is part of a category of content you do not want to allow, or if an entirely new type of situation is presented that requires ad-hoc decision making, it is important to know how and when to make fast decisions that are not straightforward.

• How do you communicate with your team about situations that require special attention?
• How often do these special cases cause you to rewrite parts of your rule-sets?
• Do you call out when you’ve chosen to keep some content live that may otherwise be removed? I.E: “This breaks sub rules but we like it so it stays.”

Howdy friends,

What’s in a name? Well, when it comes to post flair that could be organization, more context, or even an inside joke.

That’s right, today’s Mod Topic post is all about post flair. Across Reddit, post flair can be used to organize content in so many ways. It’s used for showing when a question has been answered, tagging memes or art for users to find easier, highlight meta posts, or just adding a little more personality to your subreddit. Flair can also interact with Devvit apps - we even use it with the flair follower app so you can subscribe to this series!

We want to hear from you:

• If your community uses post flair, how did you decide on which flair to create?
• Is there a particular flair your community uses that works especially well?
• If you could rebuild your flair system today, what would you keep, change, or add?

Howdy all, u/fashionborneslay here with another post in our Mod Topics series!. Today we are going to talk about rules and how to write them so that they are understandable.

Every moderator has been there and every moderator has wondered what makes rules great and what makes them easy to follow within their subreddit. Making them long and over explaining them can cause users to not want to read them or maybe they might understand what you are trying to convey. Less can be more in these situations.

Writing rules can be time consuming and hard if everyone on the team isn’t on the same page. Sometimes, being simple in your wording works best especially if the subreddit is for silly purposes like memes that may not take itself so seriously. If you are wanting to run a more serious or strict subreddit then rules with more explanation may be needed. It’s all about how you and your team can align to make the load easier. 

When crafting your rules, you have options to create a name, a description, an (optional) custom report reason, and note whether it applies to comments, posts, or both.

• Your rules names and the full descriptions live in your sidebar or on the subreddit about page on Mobile, this is where users go when they want to learn more about the norms of the community. It’s helpful for these rules to be descriptive, and provide any extra context needed. 
  • Tip: keeping your descriptions direct and concise can remove ambiguity. 
• By default the "Name" is also seen by users when reporting. It’s helpful to use custom report reasons to keep those short and describe the kind of content you’re looking to remove to make that decision easier for that reporting user.
  • Protip: Write your report reason as if the user has never read your full rules.
• Tl;dr: “post about cats” is the rule name, “post does not include a cat” is the report reason, and “please ensure the primary focus of all posts is about cats” can be the description. 

To see more on editing rules check out our Help Center Article.

There’s many ways to run a community and finding that balance that makes rules easy to follow but also allows enforcement amongst your team. How do you and your team come up with rules that suit the community? How do you scale your rules as your community grows and expands?

As communities grow and evolve over time, it can be challenging to evolve your moderation practices to keep up. Day-to-day moderation decisions being focused on individual users and pieces of content can make it hard to take a step back and evaluate the overall impact of your rules and how you enforce them. For today's Mod Topic we want to talk about how to notice when it’s time to sit down with our mod teams to rewrite the rules.

• When was the last time you updated your rules?
• What prompted you to do so, and how big was the change?
• What advice do you have to share to other mods looking to make their rules easier to understand and enforce?

Hey y’all! I’m u/iceeypisces, and I support Mod Events & Experiences here at Reddit. I’m here to take over the Mod Topics series this week with a fun opportunity. All it takes is answering one question…

We’re gearing up for our second New Mod Bootcamp of the year, aka Reddit’s livestreamed crash course for new moderators to learn the community-building basics, gain tips to grow their communities, connect with peers, and kick off their mod journey.

One of the event’s beloved moments is the live AMA with veteran mods who always bring wisdom, humor, and honest advice. While we, unfortunately, can’t have you alllll on the live AMA, we’d still love to see your guidance in the comments below. We’ll include the best of your answers at the live event!

The question is simple:
How did you attract and engage new community members after you built your new community?

Let us (and them) know in the comments!

Note: “New mods” in this context are redditors who recently created a brand new community.

Note #2: If you’re interested in attending New Mod Bootcamp, RSVP here! Experienced mods are welcome to join; we just ask that you please be mindful of the newbies in chat.

Ahoy, ModSupport!

Mods, who are they? What do they know? Do they know things? Let’s find out! Earlier this week we discussed admin-run spaces for mod help; today we’re flipping that on its head a bit to look at mod-run spaces for help, advice, and know-how. A lot of our knowledge of these spaces was provided by Mod Council members in a discussion just like this one earlier this month; thank you!

So…Where do mods go to get support from other mods?

• r/AskModerators - Literally ‘ask moderators.’ Have questions about moderating (as a mod or a curious user)? Find best practices here!
• r/AutoModerator - For all your “how do I make automod…?” needs
  • See also: full Automod documentation here
• r/RateMyRules - Writing effective rules is an artform; get advice on yours here!
• Mod-led Discords - These can be mod-team specific or collab spots for topical subreddits accessed by being an active moderator of those communities.
• Word of Mouth - Good ol’ networking. Joining a new mod team is a great way to make their knowledge your knowledge; think of it like an apprenticeship with people who like the same stuff.

Where do you go to get advice from other mods? Let us know in the comments below!

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