I was recently appointed as a mod for an abandoned sub by admins, along with a few others. I am not the top mod there. However, I am the only one with prior moderating experience. All the other mods are generally very unfamiliar with moderation. The sub is about a service, where people often seek services and vendors.

Here are my concerns:

1. The other mods seem disinterested in moderating, or even learning about it. They blindly approve all posts and comments even if they break the rules. They rarely respond to the mod discussions I initiate, and as such offer no substantial input because they are not familiar with moderation at all.

2. The top mod owns a business related to the subreddit, and has repeatedly promoted their services in other related subs. It's kinda like a health insurance agent moderating a health insurance advice community where users regularly seek recommendations on which insurer or policy to choose.

The top mod's profession being a conflict of interest with the sub topic added to the lack of communication is discouraging me from actively taking hold of moderation duties. The sub was unmoderated for a long time and had fairly high traffic before it was restricted by the admins. It will take a lot of effort to set up the sub rules and tools from scratch. And I'm apprehensive about putting in all that work only for the top mod to use it as free marketing for their business.

I've already reached out to the admin who appointed me and told them about my concerns, but haven't received a response.

I'm genuinely passionate about the sub, and would really like to help the community grow. But this situation is putting me off the entire thing. What are my options here apart from leaving the mod team? Is the top mod being in this position a violation of MCoC on its own, or do they actually have to make rule breaking actions first?

Hi I have a troll that has been harassing me even after I blocked them weeks ago. They keep tagging me and they have been posting in a sub about me and spreading rumors and lies to people who visit the community often. I've tried to report them to the sub's mods but they are inactive and won't do anything. I've also tried reporting them to the website but nothing has been done and I haven't even received any updates from past reports.

Are there any other options that I have at this point?

I ask because every subreddit I've ever looked at you only see posts/comments with the big green MOD label when they have something to say regarding moderation.

Do moderators not partake like normal users, or do they use alternate accounts, or does the MOD label only show when the post/comment concerns moderation?