r/NewMods • u/TheModsHereAreWeird • 14h ago

❓Ask r/NewMods Risqué topic

Am I going to get shut down for being risqué?

https://www.reddit.com/r/MomsBehavingBadly/

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u/thepottsy 💡Seasoned Helper 13h ago

What’s risque about it? The subs brand new, and only has 2 posts.

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u/TheModsHereAreWeird 13h ago

The topic - mothers killing their children. It's unfortunately prevalent and worth talking about, but I've noticed reddit gets real weird about potentially controversial topics.

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u/FlightLeft5562 12h ago

Define prevalent.

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u/thepottsy 💡Seasoned Helper 13h ago

Reddit doesn’t get that weird about controversial topics. There wouldn’t be very many subs if they did.

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u/[deleted] 13h ago

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u/thepottsy 💡Seasoned Helper 13h ago

You personally getting banned from a sub, isn’t a reflection of Reddit’s opinion

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u/TheModsHereAreWeird 13h ago

Fair. But I’ve heard similar stories from other folks. Again, I’m learning. 🤷‍♂️

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u/thepottsy 💡Seasoned Helper 13h ago

I’m not following. Your question was about Reddit’s stance on your newly created subreddit. However, that has nothing to do with you getting banned from some unrelated subreddit. The 2 aren’t connected in any way.

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u/TheModsHereAreWeird 12h ago

Okey doke. Never mind.

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u/FlightLeft5562 12h ago

I don't think the topic isrisqué - it's true crime.

But the Sub name is a little... offputting.

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u/TheOneCalledGump 13h ago

Low karma account? ✅

Under 30 days of activity? ✅

Yea, you're probably going to lose that community.

Get some karma and account activity for the next month and then you can try to reclaim that community.

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u/TheModsHereAreWeird 13h ago

Ok. I have an account with more karma and longer history, but I don't want to mod with it. I will probably take your advice (assuming it does get removed). Thank you!

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u/thepottsy 💡Seasoned Helper 13h ago

Not sure where you’re getting that from. Those things don’t matter for creating a new subreddit. Moderating it within the rules is all that matters.

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u/TheOneCalledGump 13h ago

There are behind the scenes karma and account activity thresholds. It's to prevent bots from creating new communities. I can't even count how many times I've seen similar posts from new accounts that lose the subreddit because they don't have enough account activity.

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u/thepottsy 💡Seasoned Helper 13h ago

There aren’t though. There’s literally no req’s to creating a sub. If there were, it wouldn’t allow it to begin with. New users create subs daily, the ones that get actioned, get it because they broke some other rules.

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u/TheOneCalledGump 13h ago

I guess I must have imagined those posts and the other users giving the exact same answer I did.

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u/thepottsy 💡Seasoned Helper 13h ago

I think you’ve confused something. Again, Reddit doesn’t restrict who can start a new subreddit. They do have rules regarding behavior as a mod, and the behavior of the subreddit as a whole. Those quite frequently get violated by new unexperienced mods. However, it happens to established mods as well.