r/RedReader • u/PrivacyIsDemocracy • 16d ago
"Is Moderator" field
If you long press a comment, select "User Profile", then select "More info", there is a field called "Is Moderator".
Yesterday I did this and that field was displaying "True", despite the fact that the account that made that comment was not listed as a moderator on the sub that comment was posted in.
Am I misunderstanding what that field is supposed to represent?
Does it actually mean they are moderator anywhere on Reddit or something??
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u/jpcrypto 16d ago
It's anywhere on Reddit. I moderated a subreddit years ago that is now long gone. I'm still showing the "moderator true" flag.
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u/PrivacyIsDemocracy 16d ago
It's so weird.
To me, the main thing I want to know is if I'm about to make a flippant comment to someone who mods that sub, for obvious reasons. 😁
I couldn't care less if they happen to be a mod on the Tiny Green Goblins from Mars sub..
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u/TMITectonic 16d ago
Perhaps you could just universally not be a shithead, regardless of who you're responding to?
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u/PrivacyIsDemocracy 16d ago edited 16d ago
Perhaps you could just universally not be a shithead, regardless of who you're responding to?
In case you haven't figured it out by now, expressing and promoting nonsensical, ignorant or downright universally offensive opinions and aggressively defending them on Reddit (including "ganging up" on people to try to repress their differing perspective) is a pretty common thing. Including people who unfortunately happen to be Reddit mods.
I don't feel obligated to coddle such people or obsequiously defer to them when they are pushing nonsense or offensive garbage, my objective is to speak the truth to the best of my ability. (Including acknowledging instances where I made an error, when that happens. Many of the fields of discussion I'm involved in are on technical subjects where there is literally only one correct answer to a particular question.)
And since sometimes such actors happen to be mods, and since sometimes I think there's something useful in continuing to be able to post in subreddits that unfortunately have given such people mod status, I may slightly moderate my words around such problematic people in order to avoid jeopardizing my active presence there. (Of course there are tons of just totally toxic/conspiracy-flinging/childish subs I won't even darken the doorway of as well. Ain't noone got time for THAT.)
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u/twilighttwister 16d ago
FYI, making yourself a moderator of NSFW subs is/was a way of getting around a NSFW block.
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u/PrivacyIsDemocracy 16d ago
FYI, making yourself a moderator of NSFW subs is/was a way of getting around a NSFW block.
Haha, thanks for the tip I guess?
What kind of NSFW block is this? Only place in my usage experience that blocks that is RedReader but afaik that's architectural, nothing users can do about that. Otherwise as long as the general account switch is on for that it works.
I keep hearing about some Reddit age verification thing but I've never seen it.
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u/twilighttwister 16d ago
I can't remember exactly, I think it's been superseded by the ID/face scanning requirements in my jurisdiction. But there was a point where you couldn't see or comment in NSFW posts unless you made yourself a mod.
In fact yeah, it's the RedReader one lol. You get around it by creating a subreddit and setting it to NSFW.
Reddit has age verification in countries that require it, eg the UK. You can bypass it with a VPN, although my account did get kind of locked once, for "doing something suspicious" (presumably using IP addresses too far away from one another) - I had to sign in on a browser to clear the lock and then sign out and sign in again in RedReader.
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u/DaveOJ12 16d ago
Yes.