I've tried to join a new sub but the mods won't allow my first post. It seems to follow all the rules. It's got spoiler tags and what-not. It's completely banal (it's a book discussion post about the author's original intent for the ending of the series). I post and comment in one other sub about a TV show kinda frequently without issue.

I've tried messaging the mods to simply ask why but they won't even say anything, nevermind explain. Its just a blank wall of silence.

I'm not really a redditor to be honest with you, but my understanding is Reddit is open to everyone? Why am I not welcome in this sub? I haven't even commented there so it's not like I have history with anyone or could have been banned for previous actions or posts or comments. They shouldn't even know I exist.

I have tried Googling this and, simplistically, it sounds like unless they sexually harass me then users have zero recourse towards mods. Google mentions this sub, so here I am.

It's just completely odd. What can I do?

Why has some random person half way around the world decided I can't be in their particular sub?

I’m part of a sub where recently all comments for every post have started to be filtered out or disabled. At this point the mod has ignored all outreach from the community.

This just started happening recently and it’s escalated to what seems to be all posts no matter what they are about.

At this point sub members are communicating through new posts, which oddly enough don’t get deleted.

Say you see a user making a ruckus elsewhere. A lot of abrasive comments about mods/moderation in general. Admitting they spam modmails constantly for minor reasons. Or maybe they are trying to take over a sub that has active mods and have made this their entire personality for a few years. *For instance*. I'm just brainstorming out loud, this isn't about any real u/, I'm honestly just curious how mods handle this type of thing in general.

Would you/have you preemptively banned someone from ever joining your sub in the first place, in case that behaviour is unleashed on you and your modteam? Have you ever looked at someone's comment history at random - before they ever try to join your sub - and thought "Problem child. Do not want the drama."?

I'm not staff of it, but is there a way to auto block all the bots from me seeing their posts. Entire subreddit is being spammed and filled and can't see any normal posts anymore.

I tried logging out, closing and relaunching Reddit, updating Reddit mobile app, uninstalling and reinstalling Reddit mobile app, tried old and new Reddit.

Working with iOS, also updated

I have an account that was hacked that I managed to recover and secure. They made a large number of spam posts in the hours they had access. That account seems to be still associated with the hackers spam posts. Is there a way to have that association cleared from the account?

Just wanna know what Devvit bots you guys use that you would recommend to other moderators too. Would appreciate a small description and why you recommend it.

I keep getting my post auto removed because the bot says my post has something to do with hacking, which it doesn’t even mention anything about hacking or cheating. Why does this happen????

I'm a new mod for a foodie group and I set mine at 50. Do you think that's fair?

For those who’ve moderated a subreddit, what are some disadvantages or things you didn’t expect when you first became a mod

I've been part of a sub that seemed to get a lot of posts reported—sometimes 10 a day. It was mostly just superfluous reporting by people trying to cause trouble. I would click "ignore reports and approve" most of the reported posts on a daily basis.

But I have since left that sub, and I wonder if the mods after me are going to be as diligent as I was—and what if they're not?

Can unresolved mod queue reports lead to banning?

I'm genuinely terrified of writing code for Automoderator and I know of no way to test the rules to see if they actually work before anything happens in the community itself. I know there are some basic rules in the Reddit help center but I may need more complex rules and I am scared or spending time to learn the code, then write the rule, then find out the rule doesn't work after I spent all that time writing it.

I just need to know if there is anyone else who are struggling or if there is anything I can do to make writing complex Automod rules easier and less stressful.

Sometimes I remove content which I think is just there to provoke people, arguments or discussions not done in good faith, but how do other moderators approach this?

Have you ever had concerns about another moderator’s conduct or decisions? If so, how was it handled within the team? I’m not looking for drama or identifying details, just curious about how moderators deal with these situations internally.

Just curious, mainly about how people get to be moderators in a lot of big Subreddits...

As an addition: - How do you manage to actively moderate in all those subreddits? - Are you active in all of them as a regular user too?

I've run into more flakey, instant, outrageous responses on Reddit in the past 6 months than anytime in the previous 11 years. It's nearly impossible to find a subreddit that hasn't been impacted by some measure.

I'm interested in how the social distance between the highest (top mod) and the standard moderators are and if there are more than those standard two roles.

• How differently talk moderators to other mods compared to the top mod?
  
• As a moderator (not top mod), would you say your top mod stands behind you even if you make a mistake?
  
• Are there more ranks between the mods and the top mod? Something like a second in command? A co top mod?
• As a top mod, would you trust your moderators to get full permissions in your subreddit with you temporarily stepping off fully and at a later date find the subreddit in the same or even better shape?
  

Edit: Changed text to make the last question more clear.

I am on iOS, by the way, but I have a question. Can a Reddit mod change a username for me for political reasons? I don’t care if the new one is auto-generated. Long story short, I have been increasingly getting heat from Redditors (especially in autistic communities) due to the fact that the term Aspie (unbeknownst to me at the time of creating the username, as it was reused from my other social media accounts) has N**i roots, and I would prefer not to risk losing access to a community or communities over a f**\*ing username, especially communities that I otherwise feel safe in. And last time I attempted to make a new account (for mental health related reasons, short-story version of the reason), I got shadow banned, so I don’t think creating a new account is the solution.

I was told I was muted for 3 days but that was over a week ago. Is there a different mod I can ask to look to see what the reason is?