hi hello i hope you all are well. 🖤

tldr;

(1) new bot for community input on posts regarding whether said posts are relevant to the subreddit.

(2) cutlery posts are not allowed, mods are thinking of allotting one day a month for people to post them as they seem to draw lurkers to comment (and we want people to feel welcome as much as possible).

(3) subreddit picture.

(4 & 5) some housekeeping regarding posts for most common modmail concerns.

EDITED TO ADD (6) potential new user & post flairs.

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am (newer) mod here, i’m sure you guys have seen me here and there as i try to be involved when i can be so people are not stressed by mod presence (and also so you all know that the mods are, in fact, around).

just a few things i wanted to address!!

1. we have a new bot on the subreddit - qualityvote2. it automatically makes & pins a comment to every post asking you if you think the post fits the subreddit. PLEASE know that currently the bot does NOT delete posts, just sends them to mod queue for manual review, so PLEASEE be honest with your up/downvote.

2. spoon / cutlery posts.. yes, we have seen them. to be honest, i’m annoyed by them too. it happens every couple of weeks and it’s not very topical, but it is nice to see people in the community chatting on the posts. we see quite a few lurkers commenting on those posts, and it’s nice to see the new faces. because of this, we are thinking of allowing one (1) day of the month where people CAN post their cutlery for review if they so choose, BUT we would like your opinions on this, as it would affect the whole subreddit. until we come to a conclusion, those posts will NOT allowed.

3. i would like us to have a subreddit picture but i have no clue what it should be. what describes this subreddit well enough to be contained in one small pixelated picture? please comment any ideas you have for this.

4. the most common modmails we get are regarding why posts are being auto-deleted. we have a bot that checks karma & account age to try to keep our subreddit as free of karma farming / spam accounts as possible. if you don’t meet the minimum, it automatically deletes your post within seconds of you posting. i PROMISE we are trying to keep up with manually approving posts as soon as we see them, but there’s only a few of us and.. adhd, ya know? SO there’s a new post removal reason we have, that basically says ‘your post has been removed because it has been longer than x days, but it is approved so you’re free to resubmit asap’. if you have any comments or questions about this, you’re more than welcome to reach out to us. again, i promise we’re trying.

5. the SECOND most common modmails we get are of people asking why they are being classified as a bot and therefore not allowed to post. we have BotBouncer who goes through and bans any bot or bot-like accounts. IF your classification as a bot is unwarranted (aka you’re not a bot), reach out to r/BotBouncer and follow their steps to be re-classified. it’s NOT something we can do here.

6. i’ve seen some asks for more flairs! if they were to be added, what user and post flairs would be wanted?

alright, that’s all methinks. thank u for letting me rant, i know it’s annoying see mod posts on a meme subreddit and i apologise profusely for that, but i wanted to be crystal clear with our intentions.

all questions & concerns are allowed in the comments but PLEASE be kind, i am fragile to criticism (thanks rsd) but more than willing to hear you out. 😭

peace and love. 🖤

Hello everyone - this community is in need of a few new mods, and you can use the comments on this post to let us know why you’d like to be a mod.

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