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View submission: Testing a new concept with select subreddit partners
Are you actually talking to Moderators about this stuff?
How does THIS make it easier and more effective to foster a specific culture that aligns with the community we have created and are managing?
How does THIS improve our EXPERIENCE developing and managing our communities?
How does THIS improve the EXPERIENCE our community members are having with US Moderators and our other community members?
Why are you not focused on PRIORITIZING KEY IMPROVEMENTS FOCUSED ON THAT?
This is so frustrating. Many of us have been crying out for CRITICAL QUALITY OF LIFE improvements and new features that FULLY RECOGNIZE HOW REDDIT IS NO LONGER AN AGGREGATION PLATFORM AND IS NOW A COMMUNITY PLATFORM.
We need proper tools and systems to reflect that evolution.
What you have announced in this submission is not that. It's a gimmick ripped from Discord Nitro/Server Boost and it means nothing and offers nothing to address these glaring deficiencies Reddit possesses.
It makes sense for Discord because they have a foundation in place to provide Server Mods plenty of opportunities to establish and manage their community.
This gimmick you are rolling out doesn't even give us Moderators any real ownership over our communities that we bust our assess to create, grow, and manage. It gives a minor illusion of that ownership.
Who is running your product/UX efforts? Are they incompetent or are the higher ups handcuffing them? This is so silly and out of touch with what Moderators and COMMUNITIES need.
Comment by thoughtcrimeo at 28/08/2020 at 23:45 UTC
17 upvotes, 2 direct replies
Why are you not focused on PRIORITIZING KEY IMPROVEMENTS FOCUSED ON THAT?
Because most of us mods work for free as Reddit's janitors.
Aside from a select few insiders, have the admins ever listened to the mods?
Comment by BuckRowdy at 28/08/2020 at 19:54 UTC
19 upvotes, 4 direct replies
I see you're a ten year user so I certainly understand where you are coming from with this comment. In that time period reddit has certainly changed quite a bit, very rapidly since the redesign became reddit.
I haven't been on the site quite as long, but almost 9 years. Older users like us are simply going to have to accept that the focus of reddit is on quick hit visual content type of stuff. Because the customers who are willing to sustain a business want that type of content. It's just a fact of life that reddit took on investment and will need to find ways to create new revenue streams.
I remember MTV made a statement once that about once a generation it would revamp its entire operation to appeal to the teenage demographic. Once those teens grew out of MTV they would revamp. At the time the pace of technology made society much *faster* for lack of a better term. This is kind of what reddit is going through right now. In a few years we may no longer really recognize it unless they retain the old site and the honest to god text and discussion forums are allowed to remain as is.
Recognizing this fact is critical if you want good communication with admins because I've noticed they don't really want to reply to comments from users who are shouting at them in all caps. Do you like getting modmails from users shouting at you? I think you'll find if you change your approach a little bit your thoughts will have a greater chance of being considered and implemented.
I've had a lot of problems with award trolling on subs. The admins haven't given me everything I wanted, but they have compromised and worked with those of us having this issue. I feel they are making more efforts now so I think it's better channeling our efforts that way.
Comment by TheNewPoetLawyerette at 28/08/2020 at 19:21 UTC
6 upvotes, 1 direct replies
They can have multiple projects at the same time. They've been doing pretty good at starting to address mod issues lately. Lighten up a bit.
Comment by Watchful1 at 28/08/2020 at 19:39 UTC
1 upvotes, 2 direct replies
What features do you think they should be working on? Just like your top three examples.
Comment by [deleted] at 28/08/2020 at 19:21 UTC
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