your friendly subreddit owner here. I have been amazed at the growth and interaction that this subreddit has gotten since I took over all moderation over two years ago. I cannot thank the community enough for contributing and sharing wonderful things on this great subreddit.

with that being said, I am looking to gradually scale back my active moderation and general involvement within the subreddit. nothing is wrong and I haven’t fallen out of love with the melvins or anything like that, but I feel that someone(s) out there can put more time and effort into building this community that I and the other owners before me set the foundation for. in short, i no longer want to spend a significant amount of time per week on here doing the required amount of upkeep this community deserves and expects.

i am opening up applications for people to become a moderator within this subreddit. I’m not gonna set up a google form or anything like that, i will accept applications through modmail and i simply require 4 things if you are a prospective moderator-

1. tell me how you found the Melvins and how much they mean to you.
   
2. if any, what experience do you have in upkeeping an online community & how active are you usually in this subreddit
   
3. what are some ideas you have at how to make this community better.
   
4. join the Discord server located in the about me page, and tell me your Discord username. if you’ve already joined just tell me your Discord username.

as you can tell I’m not going to add people who have no fucking idea who the melvins are or have a surface level understanding of the band. if you would like to be a moderator simply do those things and I will contact you for further vetting and evaluation should your application stand out. if no one I like applies, then it looks like I’ll be stuck here for awhile.

and to people concerned about the drop in moderation or anything like that once this transition happens- I will still be admin and can fix any situations should the need arise. I will not disappear off the face of the earth unlike the previous mods. I will still be actively moderating until the transition is complete and I feel comfortable in doing so, and I will be lurking in the background holding the moderator(s) accountable for their actions. for clarity, the other currently moderated user is a backup account of mine that is seperate from everything else and will only be used in a ‘break glass in case of emergency’ scenario.

so that’s pretty much it. if you have any questions, comments, or concerns feel free to comment or reach out privately.

https://discord.gg/QVRbbmSVED

JOIN. servers on disboard too. and in reddit bio