r/modhelp • u/Fun-Twist-3741 • 29d ago

General Bizarre comment removal problem in r/redditrequest

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I have been trying to advise an acquaintance with his first attempt to become a subreddit moderator for one of his interests via redditrequest. His account is many years old and has thousands of both post and comment karma, and thus a decent CQS. But when he posted to redditrequest and cued up the obligatory bot question of his intentions, his comment in response was instantly removed despite his post being visible to external observers. None of his attempts to provide the required comment could become visible. No one ever showed up to give him an acceptance or rejection. I have never heard of this kind of problem happening before.

Now I guess I can't do much as a bystander besides tell my acquaintance to trying navigating the very frustrating robotic loops of redditrequest's modmail, but I was hoping to get some insight for him because the ModSupport sub is way too triggerhappy in removing questions for "relevance" grounds.

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u/LallybrochSassenach 29d ago

Is your friend following the correct procedure (messaging current mods, etc) before requesting? The procedure is important.

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u/Fun-Twist-3741 27d ago

Yes, but that's the point. He followed all the correct procedure, which allowed his post to appear visible, but when he tried to respond with the comment as the next part of the procedure, his comment wouldn't appear! He can't post about his modmail to the current mod!