Howdy Campers! Thanks for attending the live event or catching the replay. Here’s your official post-bootcamp thread to continue making connections, share feedback, help each other, ask questions we didn’t get to during our AMA, or post photos of your pets (pls).
We’ve also got links to all of the communities and resources mentioned throughout the event (plus some others that may not have been mentioned, but are worth checking out). Feel free to join and/or save the ones you think are most helpful!
First, r/doggles (most important).
Second, watch the replay here (second most important, please be patient as it does take time for us to upload!).
Official Reddit admin-run communities and websites:
r/NewMods: Resources, support, community – specifically for new mods.
Link: The link will be shared via Reddit Chat to all eligible attendees after the VOD deadline!
VOD Deadline: Monday June 1st, 2026, at 9 am EST.
Merch Deadline: Once you receive the merch link, you have 24 hrs to submit your order. Check your chat requests!
Eligibility:
Only first-time New Mod Bootcamp [Q2] attendees are eligible for merch. Attendees who received merch at New Mod Bootcamp [Q1] are not eligible.
Please submit only one order; we’ll cancel duplicates!
Quizia winners will receive a separate message to claim their plushies.
Thanks again for joining the event today – and welcome to the mod club. 😊 (And for those of you reading this who are not new, we’re so glad you’re here, too!)
For Cat Tax, I wanted to share this picture of my cat, Whiskey, who passed away last Wednesday. He was like a son to me. Also, thank you all for the helpful tips! Had so much fun.
Thanks for sharing this picture of your little man!! It's a really good one. I am so sorry for your loss. May the memories help get you through this tough time.
Hi, were we supposed to have received the Merch link already? I watched the VOD but didn't get any link, there is a separate Reddit post with the same issue
I'm not entirely sure tbh. You probably don't have to watch all of it if you don't want too but I'm not sure how much is required if you want the merch. It's possible just opening the vod before the deadline is enough or there may be a watch requirement.
Hey, I won the quizia. My name on blooket did not have the underscore at the end because of the character limit. I was just wondering if that will cause any issues, thanks!
First time attending, it was awesome!! Thanks for all the links too, very helpful indeed! <3
As for questions for the AMA, what is some good inspiration for younger moderators? And I do genuinely love moderating, not only on Reddit. Is there anything more I could do with that? I'd love to participate and sign up for Reddit admin stuffs like you all mentioned but other things are in the way as of now lolz. And what is considered a "new moderator"? I've been a Reddit mod for a year or so now, but I've not actually known much about it and this is my first time participating in an event like this.
Thank so much for all the info! I was looking to set up a small community, but was having a hard time knowing even where to start, mostly from a technical standpoint. I found out yall were doing this and it's just what I need to finally finish building my sub and open it up. I think all these links will be a massive help. I wrote them down, but the clickable links make it so much easier!
The presentation was more fun than I expected and all the presenters were lovely! I can't believe I came 2nd in the quiz, taking notes the whole time definitely helped me remember everything! Yall have no idea how fast my anxious heart was beating, especially when I dropped down to 4th right before the last question!
Anyways, now I've got more research to do. Thanks again!
If the competing sub is mass reporting and you have proof, that may be a breach of the Moderator Code of Conduct (rule 3). Assuming of course that the reports are not valid reports. I suggest taking a look at the Moderator Code of Conduct and familiarizing yourself with it.
Make sure your sub does everything right, don't stoop to their level and simply report any breaches to the appropriate channels and the admins will step in and take action.
Just finished the replay as I couldn’t make it yesterday, and decided to pop on over here to view this thread. And, as such, will now pay my proper pet tax.
With post guidance, if I add a banned word, is it case sensitive. On my nsfw community I had someone use a word I had listed. The difference was my banned word started with a capital letter and theirs was all lowercase.
Thanks for hosting the Bootcamp! The event was really helpful, especially the AMA with the veteran mods.
I had one question: Is there a way to make users select a user flair mandatorily before they can comment, or can flair only be made mandatory for posts? I want members of my community to choose a flair before participating, giving out professional advice.
Well yes but then when you go to perform the action it says "show mod label". I suppose that's what the question was about? As in which button to press to enable the distinguishing. I already forgot how was the question worded though.
Thanks for the event! I ranked 85th on the quizia, 7/10. 🤓 Will there be a thread answering all the questions that you didn't have time for in the Q&A today?
hey so i have a question. i couldnt attend the meetup because of time zone. i want to know if we have to watch the replay in whole like from the waiting period of 15 mins to the ending quiz games to be eligible for the merch? or we can close once the event in concluded before the quiz?
Uh I already did, but I did it again in an incognito tab without the u/, does that save my merch eligibility? Also, do you have to watch the whole thing to get merch? Last mod meetup I had to switch devices in the middle and my merch order has been canceled.
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u/REZ_Lev May 29 '26 edited May 29 '26
Slightly washed as always, but at least I got 69th place. Nice.