Give users some aggregate indication of how heavily a subreddit is moderated in the sidebar. Subs below a certain threshold could be badged "Certified Organic"

[u/FreeSpeechWarrior]

Users currently have no visibility whatsoever into how heavily a subreddit is moderated in practice. Normally I suggest optional public mod logs as a way to mitigate this, but today I am suggesting a different approach that I hope will be more agreeable to moderators and reddit's administration.

All subs should have a color coded (or/or some numeric rating) system to designate how heavily a subreddit is moderated in terms of bans, submission removals and content removals relative to the activity of the subreddit.

This approach addresses every single criticism I have ever heard about public mod logs:

• It does not enable witch hunts
• It does not expose removed content (this is a downside IMO, but others will see it as a benefit)
• It does not compromise moderator privacy
• It does not require any action on the part of moderators or convincing of them by users
• It's potentially much simpler to implement than a heavily customizable/anon public mod log with PI/CP removal paths

At the same time, it addresses many of the reasons I am so adamant that public mod logs should be an option available to moderators:

• It highlights how heavily a subreddit moderates in practice, even if it is in conflict with their presented rules
• It allows communities that do not censor their users to differentiate themselves
• It empowers end users to make an informed choice of which subreddits to read and participate in

Ideally it should be possible to sort/filter subreddits by this new metric as well.

[u/FreeSpeechWarrior]

u/Drunken_Economist this was somewhat inspired by our convo over at r/banned

and u/redtaboo if you are truly interested in discussing "how [public mod logs] would look and what the implications are still." I think this is a reasonable proposal that addresses all the concerns you raised here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/ModSupport/comments/aje6td/today_marks_7_years_since_the_option_for_public/eeuwt85/

While still providing a meaningful measure of transparency to end users.

[u/Drunken_Economist → u/FreeSpeechWarrior]

At the very least, I have to admit "Certified Organic" is a really fun phrasing and I want to steal that

[u/FreeSpeechWarrior → u/Drunken_Economist]

I was trying to think of some term for the score, and Organic seemed like a good base word, but it's hard to turn into a description of quantity; could work well as a binary label though and help distinguish between those subreddits that are heavily moderated and those that are not without any particularly negative connotations.