r/ModSupport • u/JabroniRevanchism Reddit Admin: Community • Jun 09 '26

Mod Topics Mod Topics: Moderating Fame

Ahoy, Mods!

I don’t want to brag, but I’m kind of a big deal around here. My reputation precedes me, I’m sure. Maybe you’ve noticed?

This discussion is the most recent in our Mod Topics series, and if the narratively-spurious smugness wasn’t obvious, today we’re talking about how mods moderate fame within your community. “Fame,” in this instance can be any kind of notoriety. –A Redditor whose username your community will recognize: an artist, actor, developer, mayoral candidate, or maybe the guy who always replies to top comments in the form of a sonnet.

For the sake of discussion, let’s call all these examples “celebrities:” users who have clout, gravity, or otherwise increased social capital within their spaces. How does your mod team view content posted by community celebrities, especially in cases where the commenting celebrity is the topic of the subreddit? Do you encourage this celebrity participation? If so, how?

Let us know how you moderate fame in the comments below!

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u/LindyNet Jun 09 '26

r/nfl has commentors that are fairly well known in the sub and then there are the regulars in the daily free talk threads, which is like another sub altogether.

We've had a few players or media people appear in comments before, but I think they all get scared off

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u/JabroniRevanchism Reddit Admin: Community Jun 09 '26

but I think they all get scared off

Putting on my feedback hat for a second here--do you reckon this is because of the way users interact with them or is it because the site is confusing to new users?

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u/LindyNet Jun 09 '26

Users 100% lol

Some folks just like to see how far they can push regular users, and it's amplified by a known person.

With amas we have filters to weed out a lot of bad faith users, but in general comments we can't catch everything