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View submission: An update to Mod Push Notifications
Moderating from mobile is a pretty hopeless affair for large subreddits. Yes, there are some moderators that do it, but it's pretty uncommon.
I don't think app improvements are likely to change that much. To moderate effectively, you need a larger screen, multiple tabs, ability to easily copy text back and forth (using archive.is, writing warnings, using Pushshift, search engines, etc.), use Toolbox mod macros and other Toolbox features, and many more things that are difficult on mobile. (Edit: I actually do most of my moderating on a laptop without an external monitor, but if I need to do anything on my phone, it is just super painful and slow, and it's more about the form factor, mobile UX, the limitations of not having a keyboard, etc. than the app.)
The majority of moderators, especially on larger subreddits, use old.reddit.com because it's faster, more comments/submissions fit on a single screen, you can customize what moderators see with stylesheets (and Toolbox works better as well), and it's unfortunate that it's so neglected nowadays.
Comment by Steps-In-Shadow at 18/05/2021 at 20:17 UTC
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Yes, exactly. When I'm on mobile(RIF), I stick to dead simple mod actions, and simply reporting items for other mods to follow up on who are available on desktop at the time. Or just for me to pick up later when I get home.
Comment by sunzusunzusunzusunzu at 18/05/2021 at 21:51 UTC
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I'm one of the only mods I know that doesn't use old.reddit.com[1] - (joined Reddit when New was JUST starting and preferred it) but this means that I'm also one of the only mods whose job it *isn't* to do some things because I can't on new.
Comment by 0perspective at 18/05/2021 at 21:59 UTC
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What I hear from you is that to effectively mod you need all these critical tools/space and that the mobile moderation experience is inefficient today. Is that right?
Certainly for large communities or users that mod multiple communities, the experience is undeniably harder. I don’t think mobile as a platform for moderation is hopeless. We’re coming closer to a day where mobile moderation will overshadow web moderation and we’re trying to prepare for that future (fun fact: the majority of users with mod permissions are on mobile -- about 35% more). Also worth mentioning we’re continuing to invest in web as well with a slew of improvements to modmail recently.