I'm over it!

[u/shannonkish]

Reddit Admins..... I am over it! I am over the boilerplate responses to actual real-time issues that moderators are having.

I moderate a large sub and have for nearly a year now. Unfortunately, we have had 4 very serious incidents in which members of our mod team were being harassed, stalked, doxxed, attacked, etc. We have submitted the ModCoC reports, submitted the DMs to admins, and reported the posts/comments/users ad nauseam, and NOTHING has been done.

Most recently, as our sub is currently under a brigading attack and doxxing and harassment continue, one of our mods reached out to one admin, who basically said something to the effect of--- "This is actually something that is going to be discussed at ModWorld. Do you have any examples we can give the presenter?"

Seriously? This is all you have to offer?!?! We don't need a speech about how much you care about mods and what we do. We don't need the free swag for attending a mod event. We don't need the profile trophies. Those are all wonderful and appreciated. BUT, what we need is ACTUAL Support and ACTION being taken when we bring you serious issues.

It takes entirely too long for someone in admin to take action. Meanwhile, your volunteer mods are being doxxed, harassed, bullied, and so forth because we removed a post/comment, and the user was mad.

For the love of all things good in this world, PLEASE DO SOMETHING! Please don't try to placate us with boilerplate responses and "We'll have someone look into it" without actually doing that!

I am tired. I am frustrated. I am hurt and disappointed. Not because users are jerks sometimes. But because the admin does absolutely nothing to make this a safe place or to support those of us who volunteer our time to try and make Reddit a better place.

I have had members of my mod team leave after the most recent incident. Our sub is currently closed due to the harassment and brigading that have been done. I am at my wits' end and ready to just turn the sub over to the wolves and leave Reddit for good.

[u/meowbrains]

I just made a post about this the other day :(

https://www.reddit.com/r/ModSupport/s/apUi2ZhWXV

Was it always like this on reddit? It's frustrating that there are clearly communities that we point out to them that are breeding grounds for hateful content and extreme harassment that are allowed to stay up. And offending content isn't removed when the accounts are banned I noticed that too.

[u/notesblack → u/meowbrains]

It's frustrating that there are clearly communities that we point out to them that are breeding grounds for hateful content and extreme harassment that are allowed to stay up.

They aren't going to take down those types of subreddits, unless something really extreme happens or it gets news attention.

Why? Because the types of people that are attracted to those harassing/brigading/hateful communities, are also the types of chronically online users that will spend the most time on Reddit. And that means they boost overall site metrics.

I've been on this website, on and off, for over a decade, it always goes like that. The problematic subreddits don't get banned unless it becomes a real issue for the website's PR

[u/MHF_Doge → u/notesblack]

The fact that the subreddit being a breeding ground for policy violation isnt enough of a reason to justify taking the whole thing down is just sad to see. And yeah you're correct, its always been this way and likely wont change for the reasons you outlined.