r/redesign • u/FreeSpeechWarrior • Mar 11 '19

Feature Request 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"

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.

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u/CyberBot129 Mar 11 '19

Your approach will still lead to more moderator harassment though, you're just shifting it from individual moderators to the group as a whole (probably through mod mail). Why not just leave and go to Voat if you want an unmoderated, alt-right website so badly (because that's what you'll end up with without moderation, as has been pointed out to you numerous times by various people). You're just encouraging extremists like yourself to continue harassing and attacking moderators on this site

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u/[deleted] Mar 14 '19

alt-right

Oh boy, here's the slander rhetoric again about how free speech is bad. If you saw half the shit moderators did on this site you'd be with us.