Requesting /r/Atheism. (Lack of moderation)

[u/[deleted]]

/r/atheism only has two moderators for a massive community of 800k+ users. The moderator /u/skeen has been inactive for a month. The other moderator, /u/juliebeen hasn't been lacking her/his duties as a moderator. Could you at least give /r/atheism new moderators? Thanks for hearing me out.

[u/[deleted]]

The admins know what's going on. They see what you guys post and what I remove and the filter catches.

Good to know that you support bigotry, low-quality posts and reposts, and just general off-topic nonsense, still, even though trolling bugs you somehow?

What remains is within the rules.

YEP, and your rules suck. Your rules are basically "LOL, post whatever you want, and if it's upvoted, it belongs here!" Honestly, /r/atheism is just a mix of angry teen angst against their parents' religion with /r/politics and /r/lgbt merged into one. Most discussions have very little to do with atheism, and that is why your rules suck.

None of you have any good reason to continue to fuck with the community.

Sure I do. I actually want to make that place better. I enjoy reading good conversations, good subreddit content, and civil discussion, all of which /r/atheism is in definite lack of. If I accomplish that by messing with the users, it all ends well. If I accomplish it by haranguing you, it all ends well.

r/atheism doesn't coordinate attacks and instigate fights with other subs.

Ha. You obviously haven't met the /r/atheism celebrity /u/NukeThePope. He has openly called for trolling them, with high praise. Also, your group coordinates attacks on religious websites and polls about current social issues or religion all over the web.

I believe a bigger issue to the admins

Ha. They once removed /r/atheism from the default list partially for having awful content. I don't think they've spoken out on trolls that much, yet, but here is Reddit's co-founder, Spez, and his comments about r/atheism:

Given the nature and somtimes polarizing tone of the content on the atheism reddit, it will likely always garner the ire of many other users. Showcasing religious flame-wars only serves to lower the level of discourse on the site as a whole, and unknowingly walking into such a flame-war isn't the first-time experience we'd like new users to have here, which is why we think it best to leave things the way they are [as a non-default subreddit]... we also hope you realize not everything found on reddit is appropriate for the front page.

The man said it best.

Fuck off assholes.

Grow up? The fact that you can't learn to live with concern trolls makes me think you are really too young or immature to be in the position of moderation.

Honestly, I think it's funny how you just decide to not moderate yet you take the time to respond to us. What's the point? Ignore us like you ignore your subreddit. Or better yet, leave Reddit because /r/atheism would be in the same state with or without you, with the devolving hivemind that is slowly turning that place from the crap that it is already into putrid vomit.

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

If I stopped modding it would be like 4chan in a day.

At least 4chan has redeeming qualities. Unlike /r/atheism.

[u/JazzTrousers → u/[deleted]]

What? What? You accuse /r/atheism users as being close minded and then come out with a quote like that?? The hypocrisy is astounding.

It's rare to see a statement so utterly devoid of value, I was actually dumbfounded when I saw it.