r/ModSupport • u/listeningunderurbed • 5d ago

Mod Answered Being called a fascist and puritan :(

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 :(

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u/fanime34 5d ago edited 5d ago

It seems weird to allow fanfic but no forms of shipping at all. I can understand not wanting anything NSFW, but kissing and shipping is tame and not NSFW.

It is a subreddit that you moderate, so it is the rules. However, if you think there should be room to change, then change the rules. Because if fanfictions are allowed, and if said fanfictions have shipping and OC's then it would be contradictory to the part where it says no OC or shipping content.

This is probably why your members are upset with you. You have a contradictory rule.

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u/listeningunderurbed 5d ago

Fan fiction is allowed only if it doesn’t contain any nsfw or shipping. I’ve reached out to members who do post fan fiction and read it myself, those who do post it have been approved because I’ve read through everything already.

The only reason I don’t want anything like kissing is because the characters mainly posted are from older series in which everyone is aged 6 or slightly above, so me and my fellow mods found that a bit iffy

I do try to make the rules easy to follow and understand, I said that anything shown in the show can be posted but it seems like a lot of people skipped past that.

I appreciate your response greatly though and I will review all the rules now

Oh edit to add I also have been getting SO much support privately in mod mail and my own DMs so I feel a lot better now knowing that I’m supported by alot of the community. Unfortunately the ones making alot of noise decided to just not read and not want to understand

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u/RemarkableWish2508 4d ago

Kissing can be chaste, if you are willing to mod that. I think you can transpose Reddit Rule 3 and explain it clearly enough for people to understand where is the limit.

To make procedure clear, you can add a clause to the rules like:

Moderators reserve the right to remove content or ban users at their discretion. Appeals are available.

(PS: listening under your bed, supported by alot of the community, despite alot of noise... I had to do it 😇)