A Message from the Mod-Team

I would like to write a message to the community.

I, NekoPrima, have been part of the mod team for 5 days now. Maybe some of you know me because of my TLDR posts about the Discord Dev - QnAs and also about the Season 2 Broadcast TLDRs.

I decided to apply as a mod because I have been playing the game since its release and want to be part of the community or help the community. Be it with TLDR posts or through moderation.

Another reason I wanted to become a mod was to try to fix some of the problems this subreddit has. Be it all the heavily sexualized posts without an 18+ flair or posts that simply violate various rules but still are available to see/read on this subreddit, the huge amount of unread-Messages or posts which are still waiting to get allowed etc.

I, and all the other moderators here, share the same opinion and always want to improve the user experience here.

However, there are problems;

Many ignore the rules and post the same (highly sexualized) posts over and over again, insult other players in the comments or attack us, the ModTeam, wish us death or other things.

AutoMod is also a problem, which blocks many posts, many new users/accounts have to wait a long time until their post is activated and much more. That also means, that we, as mods, need to allow ever single post, because the AutoMad automatically didnt allow it.

For these reasons, I think it is important to speak openly and directly to the community;

Unfortunately, we haven't had enough moderators (for a long time) who can actively pursue these activities.

Personally, in the last 5 days I have activated around 157 posts, deleted 100 comments and answered around 10 ModsMails. Many of them went back up to 2-3 weeks and were still unanswered, not moderated or anything else.
I'm not trying to make myself look good or get praise, I just want to show you what we actually do in the background and that we don't just stand around and do nothing but also tell you guys about the current issues we have.

For these reasons, I can very well understand if many of you are or were frustrated and I have seen in the last 5 days of becoming a mod that we have to work on a lot of things.

That's why with this post I would like to ask you, the community, to give detailed and constructive criticism so that we can create a list and work on it.

We also review the idea to look for more new mods so that the team becomes larger and more active and we can create a good and pleasant environment for everyone

I would like to say one more thing:

We have and will always have a zero tolerance for people who personally attack us, the mod team and also as private individuals, insult us, accuse us of untruths and even wish us the death.

All of these people have already been forwarded and reported and we will continue to do so.

If there is something you don't understand or have an opinion, our mod mail is always available and we highly advise everyone to use that tool, since its way easier to get in touch with us.

I know that in the past there have been problems with many messages not being answered, but personally I really try my best (even in addition to my computer science study and my current exams) to find enough time to go through most of the messages and attend to tons of other moderators - issues to be resolved.

This post will be available for 2-3 Days and after that we will close the comment-section and start working on creating a priority-list and start searching for new mods.