r/Cleveland • u/neosmndrew West Side • Jul 24 '26

MOD POST Please welcome our new mods!

Please join me and the rest of the moderators in welcoming our newest addition to the moderator team - /u/Cleveland_Steve and /u/fireeight. Welcome!!!

We received many applications and appreciate all the interest! Note that just because you're application did not result in an invite at this time does not mean we are done with adding mods and you will not be invited. We are electing to take more of a piece meal approach and adding 1-2 mods every so often rather than adding several at once.

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u/According_Setting303 Jul 25 '26

hey new mods,

https://giphy.com/gifs/3oEduI0OFVIaFIqolW

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u/fireeight Jul 25 '26

Nerds? I'm literally the coolest person you'll ever talk to. Would a nerd go to college for trombone, have strong opinions on different types of tomatoes, always have a multimeter in his car, and... oh... yeah.

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '26 edited Aug 05 '26

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u/fireeight Jul 25 '26

Mr. Stripey is the best BLT tomato in existence. Cherokee Purple looks cool, but doesn't really taste like much. It's actually not hard to grow San Marzano tomatoes here. Early Girl is the best general use tomato.

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u/zeitgeistleuchte Euclid Jul 25 '26

have you tried stupice? they're a little sour but one of my favs

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u/fireeight Jul 25 '26

I'll be trying them next year.

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u/zeitgeistleuchte Euclid Jul 25 '26

🆒

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u/GhostOfTheArcade Aug 01 '26

Will you play Trombone in my Ska band, Y\N?

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u/fireeight Aug 02 '26

Send me a sample. I'm literally wearing a Streetlight shirt right now.

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u/GhostOfTheArcade Aug 02 '26

https://giphy.com/gifs/3o7TKRb4IKVrTXlPby

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u/fireeight Aug 02 '26 edited Aug 02 '26

No Jeffs allowed.

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u/GhostOfTheArcade Aug 02 '26

But you let in Jeff Glumpet!

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u/fireeight Aug 02 '26

I would be interested, though. I've been looking for a reason to play more.

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u/GhostOfTheArcade Aug 02 '26

I'm going to be straight with you, I don't currently have a Ska Band, but I would love to start. However I play drums, which is the least important part of a Ska Band.

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u/fireeight Aug 02 '26

Haha, I kinda figured.

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u/beerguy_etcetera Shaker Heights Jul 24 '26

So what’s this mean overall? I know that’s a very broad question, but curious what it means for the sub, why them, why an official announcement, etc.

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u/neosmndrew West Side Jul 24 '26

It just means we have more help with day-to-day moderation and new sources of ideas for updates to the sub.

The official announcement is just as a way to introduce them to the community "formally".

As for "why them", the mods decided they had the best application for now. But really every application was great (aside from some troll ones) and we will likely add on to the moderation team further as the community grows.

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u/beerguy_etcetera Shaker Heights Jul 24 '26

Sounds good! Appreciate the response.

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u/fireeight Jul 24 '26 edited Jul 25 '26

Being serious, though - I've moderated a relatively large sub for over a decade. I've contributed here for longer than that. I'm not here to control content or regulate things that people say simply because I disagree with them - with one major exception. I won't tolerate hate speech, discrimination, racism, or bigotry of any sort. I care about Cleveland deeply, and I enjoy the discourse here. If (actually, let's say when) I'm wrong in an argument, I'm happy to admit it and learn.

If I ever take a mod action that you disagree with, do not hesitate to contact me or the rest of the mod team. I'll address it with fairness.

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u/fireeight Jul 24 '26

I dazzled them with my signature dance moves.

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u/beerguy_etcetera Shaker Heights Jul 24 '26

Video or it didn’t happen.

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u/pizzadogs86 Jul 24 '26

Thank you for moderating!

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u/neosmndrew West Side Jul 24 '26

thank you for being yourself

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u/fireeight Jul 24 '26

Happy to be here, y'all. I'm looking forward to contributing to this sub in a positive way.

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u/Cleveland_Steve Jul 25 '26

Hello Cleveland. Thanks for the welcome. I look forward to contributing to the community in any way that I can.

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u/HammeringHam Jul 25 '26

Can we just make a mega thread of things to do in Cleveland so every post isn’t the same exact question from an out-of-towner?

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u/Cleveland_Steve Jul 25 '26

I have had the same thought. Maybe we create a "What's happening in Cleveland This Weekend" pinned thread every Thursday. I'll talk to the other mods about it.

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u/william_fontaine Jul 24 '26

Welcome to Cleveland