We're Looking For Moderators
Posted by nommabelle@reddit | collapse | View on Reddit | 33 comments
We're looking for new moderators for r/Collapse. No previous moderation experience is necessary. Patience and an ability to communicate are the most important skills to have.
We have two levels of moderators: Full Moderators and Comment Moderators. Comment Moderators only act on comments and have less responsibility overall, but are still able to apply to be Full Moderators at any time.
We're accepting applications for both. You can apply and see the details for each via the links below. If you want an even more granular overview of what moderation entails, you can look through our Moderation Guide. If you'd like to see an example of what working through the modqueue looks like, you can watch this walkthrough video.
kneejerk2022@reddit
Submitting this account as my resumé is probably a bad idea. Yet here I am.
japanesejoker@reddit
we need right leaning mods to balance out the leftist propaganda on this sub
ontrack@reddit
This subreddit does not take a political stance and so the views of the subreddit are a reflection of the userbase, not the mod team. We only enforce the rules of the subreddit listed in the sidebar. If you want to make the case that climate change will be solved via free market capitalism, you are welcome to try.
PlausiblyCoincident@reddit
Reality has no political affiliation, but those who deny it tend to fall to one side far more than the other.
AwkwardTickler@reddit
I honestly don't want to know the type of people who get instantly banned from here. Like those who see an analytical understanding of what is to come and in what time frame. People who are against that must have insane motivations.
ontrack@reddit
Users who get instabanned usually are one of the following: pop-up trolls who have no prior participation on the subreddit, users who call for extreme violence (against reddit's content policy), extreme bigotry (against reddit's content policy), and harassment of other users (like following them to other subreddits and attacking them there or threatening them).
Xamzarqan@reddit
True. Even those who comes here to troll and call others "doomers" are still allowed here.
Spartanfred104@reddit
I've been here long enough to know I don't think I could be objective enough to mod. 😂
ontrack@reddit
One of the questions we ask potential mods is if they can approve comments they disagree with if the comments don't break any rules. People are never completely objective so we don't always get it right and that's why we have modmail and internal discussions about posts and comments.
Ghostwoods@reddit
Yeah. I'd like to help the community here, but I'm just a bit too autistic to trust myself to give people the correct amount of slack.
CucumberDay@reddit
u guys just drive away dumnezero from this sub... I cant believe this
ontrack@reddit
I think he just burned out from overparticipation. When you comment as much as he did it's easy to get cynical because it's a forum where there's a constant influx of new members making the same arguments over and over again. As the sidebar says, overindulgence on this subreddit isn't really a good thing.
Thedogsnameisdog@reddit
Like everyone, he has had his good moments and bad. He has gone off the deep end more than once.
PlausiblyCoincident@reddit
When I first got found this sub, a little over two and a half years ago now I believe, I found most of their responses to be pithy trolling that played to the audience, but at some over the last year an a half or so, at least that's about when I noticed, they've become one of the few people here who I think regularly offer insightful and substantive comments to help further conversations, and I've grown to respect and appreciate what they add even if I may not necessarily agree. If they've truly decided to take a permanent break from this sub then it's to our detriment. I hope they reconsider... but they strike me as a principled, if at times a bit hot-headed, person and I'm not sure how likely they are to change their mind.
SamSlams@reddit
Damn. I feel like a veteran around here. I discovered this sub back in 2017 and have never left. I guess I have a weird sense of optimism still for enjoying what I can while I can. I have already accepted that collapse is not some quick thing where the bottom gets pulled out. Collapse is happening all around us if you know how to look for it. However I can say that I don't blame them for leaving. We all have our reasons.
altpopconnoisseur@reddit
What happened with dumnezero?
Ghostwoods@reddit
That's a shame. I disagree with a lot of his core beliefs, but he's interesting, consistently well-reasoned, and well-informed, and he's definitely brought me round on some things.
I hope he decides to come back.
First_manatee_614@reddit
Wait..what? What happened? When did it happen?
nommabelle@reddit (OP)
I already miss him as I appreciated his insightful and engaging comments. Lots of great info on all aspects of our predicament, especially in what sometimes seems a sea of low effort comments and memes (which I'm guilty of myself haha). Perhaps this will be the final push I need to engage over in r/CollapseScience
CucumberDay@reddit
hey, are you me? 😂 I'm thinking similar things
Butt_acorn@reddit
How is the pay?
Alex_jaymin@reddit
The pay reflects the future that this subreddit warns about:
It's non-existent.
jcpham@reddit
Lol this was my question
nommabelle@reddit (OP)
Who needs money when presented with such a fulfilling and pleasant position like an r/collapse mod?
redditmodsarefuckers@reddit
Pick me pick me
Ok_Mechanic_6561@reddit
Hmm 🤔I’ll have a looksy
cabalavatar@reddit
Psst: I think you mean a look-see.
Ok_Mechanic_6561@reddit
Good catch, I’m usually not up this late on a work night 💀
Vipper_of_Vip99@reddit
I’d love a Michael Dowd (may he rest in peace) bot. One of the OG collapsenicks.
nommabelle@reddit (OP)
That's brilliant and such a great way to keep his legacy alive. Do you have any ideas what it might respond to and what it might say? I'd imagine not just meme-y responses like u/fishmahbot?
Vipper_of_Vip99@reddit
On second thought, I might not do it to avoid the risk of meme-ifying him. Maybe a project for another day, train an AI on his body of work, he always had such great quotes, especially the post doom stuff. Maybe one day it could be configured to tastefully reply with appropriate quotes that were near and dear to him.
InternetPeon@reddit
Do we get a hat and uniform?
nommabelle@reddit (OP)
I think most of our reddit avatars are naked, so I'd reckon our hat and uniform is a birthday suit. If you needed an excuse to browse reddit like that :)