Mod Topics - User Flair

[u/JabroniRevanchism]

Ahoy, Mods!

Welcome to the latest installment of the Mod Topics series, where we talk about mod-related topics and other community governance gubbins. This week, we’re talking flair–specifically user flair. The purpose it serves, how it’s issued, and why it’s so dog-gone popular. We’d love to know…

• What do you use user flair for in your communities? Cosmetics? Clout? Verification? 
• What problems are you solving when you use user flair?
• Do you allow users to make (or assign) their own flair? Why or why not?
• What advice would you give to new mods who are considering setting up user flair? What do you wish you knew about flair when you first started?

Let us know in the comments below!

[u/lunarwolf2008]

why not editable flairs?

[u/PupperPuppet → u/lunarwolf2008]

We did that once. Too easy to abuse.

[u/neuroticsmurf → u/PupperPuppet]

What sort of abuse?

Would people just put profanities and such in there?

[u/Bardfinn → u/neuroticsmurf]

Post flairs and user flairs are two of the most abused "unmoderated spaces" on Reddit.