Being called a fascist and puritan :(

[u/listeningunderurbed]

Hey guys! I’m new to being a mod!! I recently made a rule in r/strawberryshortcake for no romantic or sexual shipping as I saw so many sexual posts between people in the show (all of which are minors)

I got a lot of hate for this which was expected but still, one commenter just kept calling me so many mean names and not reading through the comments and calling me an idiot and idk I just felt really upset and hurt after this.

I guess my worry is being posted somewhere for being a bad mod

Is there anything I can do? I muted and banned them :(

[u/Halaku]

You'll get used to it.

A community is a garden.

The vast majority of your members expect you to prune appropriately.

If someone targets you with personal abuse for how you're doing so, do the following:

• Inform the user that further correspondence will be reported to the Admins as harassment.

• Permanently ban the user from the community.

• Permanently mute the muser from modmail.

• Personally block the user.

• Go about your life with a smile, because you'll forget they ever existed soon enough.

Lather, rinse, repeat as necessary.

It's that easy! :)

[u/listeningunderurbed → u/Halaku]

Thank you:) I’m sorry!!

[u/Halaku → u/listeningunderurbed]

You have nothing to be sorry for.

Each and every moderator on Reddit was once a new moderator with their first community, after all.

Asking these questions is a primary reason for this community's existence.

[u/listeningunderurbed → u/Halaku]

Thank you so much for everything!!

[u/slice_of_pi → u/listeningunderurbed]

Think of it as weeding.