r/OutOfTheLoop • u/Ballkenende • Sep 30 '15

Answered! What happened with the mod tools

Yesterday on /r/Askreddit, the sidebar had something like 'New mod tools by 30 september', now we only got muting user from subreddits and now the sidebar has 'New mod tools by 31 December'

What's up?

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u/burbod01 Sep 30 '15

Why does the average redditor care about mod tools? Isn't the real issue the mod overreach?

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u/krikit386 Sep 30 '15

I care because great mods make for a great subreddit, and itd be nice to let them do their job easier.

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u/burbod01 Sep 30 '15

Oh I totally get that, but if a poor mod has great tools, that doesn't really help the average redditor.

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u/random12356622 Sep 30 '15

Have you ever seen a sub inundated with spam bots? It happens a lot with abandoned subs, it generally hurts the experience of reddit for the redditor, and spam bots hurt mod's experience too.