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I keep getting notified that so-and-so followed me.

I keep getting notified that so-and-so followed me. Follow back.

Then I click on it. I get a blank screen with the message, "Sorry, nobody on Reddit goes by that name.The person may have been banned or the username is incorrect"

Had two such messages again today. What gives?

1 Comment
2023/06/05
22:53 UTC

0

How do I add rules?

Help🙏🙏

2 Comments
2023/06/05
22:04 UTC

1

How do I add rules to the sidebar? Also, side question, do I need to approve users for them to post?

My subreddit is VERY small currently, and I expect it to remain that way, but how do I add sidebar rules, and do I need to approve users? On the main app.

9 Comments
2023/06/05
21:00 UTC

3

How do I get my subreddit unbanned?

It's been banned due to unmoderation and I couldn't login cause of browser issues is there a way to appeal and get my subreddit back?

5 Comments
2023/06/05
19:38 UTC

3

A comment is in my subs mod queue that was removed by automod with the reason "Shadow Locked Thread".

I've had no issues with engagement on this sub ( r/trumptweets) . All posts get upvotes/comments, so I don't think the sub as a whole is shadow banned? I have never seen this, and google/reddit searches only pull up shadow ban discussions.

I know Reddit is a little glitchy right now for me on desktop, is that why or is something else going on?

Mod Queue: One comment was removed by automod and the reason listed is "Shadow Locked Thread".

2 Comments
2023/06/05
19:25 UTC

11

Geting a 503 error on mod.reddit.com

anyone else? downdetector is going bananas saying reddit it down, but the whole site except for mod is working for me. Got an email from the reddit incident reports saying elevated rates of errors 7 minutes ago.

4 Comments
2023/06/05
19:18 UTC

1

New User & Communities

Not sure how to “flair” this.

I have a main. I created this second account for my brand. When I registered, it set my username as a random. It asked me to change my username. So, I set one. I then created my communities for my brand.

Now, this account (this probably won’t post) is suspended and all my brand’s communities I made were “banned” due to “spam”.

How can I resolve this? Please help. I don’t understand Reddit yet. I just wish to grow my brand.

Thank you!

2 Comments
2023/06/05
17:17 UTC

2

How can I make the Wiki visible to all users?

We have put in a list of rules in our wiki here: https://www.reddit.com/r/TrueAmericanAsians/about/wiki/rules/

But it appears that the page isn't available. When people try to click it says "This is a Mod-Only Page" I would like to make my wiki available to all as the rules are important for all members to follow.

5 Comments
2023/06/05
15:51 UTC

2

Can we sticky a user comment on post

Mod of a subreddit here

Can we pin a user comment on post along with a automod comment which is already sticky.

On Android app, on the comment I see sticky option under mod options but it doesn't work.

5 Comments
2023/06/05
15:26 UTC

2

Simple Question: How do I pin a comment on a post?

I am a new model. How do I pin a comment on a post, anonymously as a moderator? I often feel the need to highlight. The post may be given additional scrutiny with respect to comments. Or occasionally to clarify what the rules are regarding a given topic.

Thx

11 Comments
2023/06/05
14:41 UTC

2

Is there a way to view this about traffic on my sub?

Hey, I was wondering if its possible to see what users are using to access a sub I mod. As in if they are on old reddit, new reddit, the official app, or a 3rd party app, etc. Im not seeing it in the community health info but I might just be missing something

8 Comments
2023/06/05
13:56 UTC

7

Need help with setting up a bot to filter out reposts on a text only subreddit.

Hi everyone,

My friends u/Eroticamarty and u/secretkeeper92 moderate r/SluttyConfessions which is a text only subreddit, where I joined last week.

It has 1.3M users and we are upto our neck ALL THE TIME with managing reposts and spam.

As per a discussion among us all three, we have agreed on account age as 0 days, so as to allow first time confessors to make a confession, get it off their chest and run away. And for this reason we have no post karma and comment karma requirements as well.

So, as you can guess with these conditions, the subreddit is ripe for all the spammers, sellers and hookup seekers to make bait posts to get people into their DMs and the sub gets flooded with unwanted spam.

After a bit of discussion we have decided that we want to stop all the reposts of same stories already posted and not to allow any repost posts hereafter.

We were looking at text filtering repost bots and had a look at

u/RepostSleuthBot u/RepostMasterBot u/FloodgatesBot and u/ModeratelyHelpfulBot

We would love all of your inputs/opinions/personal preferences/experiences with any of these bots and if they are working nicely in your subreddit (a few mistakes are fine obviously, no bot is 100% perfect, but if it's helping you cut down on your workload, we'd love to know about it). We'd also love if you have any alternate bot recommendations that can help filter out reposts and meet above stated parameters.

We just want the reposts filtered for now. Banning the users who keep spamming with reposts, will be looked at later on, but obviously that would be a welcome feature too. But, to kick things off, we'll start with removing the reposts and banning them manually and once the pace sets in, we'll probably automate the bot to ban users too.

Thank you for reading and looking forward to all of your suggestions.

11 Comments
2023/06/05
11:53 UTC

2

How can I create a hyperlinked "family tree" in the sub wiki?

Hello there good people,

I was hoping to find a way to display an interactive family tree-style display for a sub wiki. Apparently the main forms for doing this (ahnentafel, or tree chart) are not available in Reddit wiki.

Could anybody suggest alternatives? Any and all thoughts would be appreciated.

2 Comments
2023/06/05
07:08 UTC

2

Notification when user flags something as spam / report

As a mod I don’t get a notification or a Modmail when a user flags / reports something in my Subreddit, am I overlooking a setting to receive modmails when Someone flags something ? Can I set something here? Otherwise the whole reporting doesn’t make sense. Thanks

4 Comments
2023/06/05
05:57 UTC

42

Has reddit started banning/wiping accounts for mods who join the protest?

I saw this post on HN where one person got their whole account banned and all their posts/comments deleted: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36192312

Is this the official policy now? If you don't comply then the reddit admins just delete everything you've contributed?

19 Comments
2023/06/05
05:28 UTC

1

NSFW Moderators

Hello where can I find moderators for NSFW content? Any help is greatly appreciated!

Thanks

5 Comments
2023/06/05
04:34 UTC

4

If I have to remove a post on my subreddit...

If I have to remove a post on my subreddit, do I have to inform them what the post was pulled for?

I've had a post pulled off of GoFundMe recently, but was never notified why it got pulled. I've had that happen a couple of times. I'm just trying to find out if that's normal or what I should be doing on my subreddit.

9 Comments
2023/06/05
02:17 UTC

4

Remove old posts containing imgur links?

I run an NSFW sub. With Imgur removing NSFW content it's created a ton of dead links in my subreddit. I'm hoping to find a bot that will remove anything previously posted with a link to Imgur.

Thanks!

4 Comments
2023/06/05
02:16 UTC

2

Automatic modmail replies

Is there a way to send an automod reply to each person that modmails? Similar to how automod can automatically reply to a post but in modmail.

3 Comments
2023/06/05
01:51 UTC

3

Error when clicking on subreddit insights

Error: Cannot include unregistered fragment "header-slot-campaign"Error: Cannot include unregistered fragment "header-slot-campaign"

at Resolver.includeFragment (/src/packages/applications/mod-insights/bin/index.cjs:115999:23)
at /src/packages/applications/mod-insights/bin/index.cjs:116094:35
at Array.reduce (<anonymous>)
at Resolver.iterate (/src/packages/applications/mod-insights/bin/index.cjs:116092:18)
at Resolver.iterate (/src/packages/applications/mod-insights/bin/index.cjs:116116:55)
at Resolver.determineFeatures (/src/packages/applications/mod-insights/bin/index.cjs:116157:18)
at Resolver.resolveOrchestration (/src/packages/applications/mod-insights/bin/index.cjs:116237:31)
at Resolver.orchestrate (/src/packages/applications/mod-insights/bin/index.cjs:116012:21)
at /src/packages/applications/mod-insights/bin/index.cjs:116398:53
at dispatch (/src/node_modules/koa-compose/index.js:42:32)
3 Comments
2023/06/05
00:41 UTC

2

Hi I’m a brand new mod and I would like to learn how to mark something nsfw

I’m a mod in femboy fashion and I need to mark some things nsfw

5 Comments
2023/06/05
00:14 UTC

0

Hello, I’m not really sure how Reddit modding works but can a mod DM me, I have found an illegal and disgusting sub and I don’t know how to report it.

Mods DM me.

21 Comments
2023/06/04
21:15 UTC

53

A question about the June 12th "blackout".

Hopefully this is the right place for this question. My understanding is that some subs will be going private, or "read-only" on June 12. What happens when a sub goes private? I think it means all current subscribers are locked out? If so, if a sub goes public again after having going temporarily private, are the former subscribers still subscribed when the sub reverts back? Or is the sub starting from square one?

Thanks

34 Comments
2023/06/04
18:15 UTC

0

Ideas

Just created a new community, what kinds of things should I post.

6 Comments
2023/06/04
17:20 UTC

2

Automatic User Flair

Is there a way to make it so all new users/members get a title automatically? And make it so people cannot change or make fake titles?

4 Comments
2023/06/04
16:56 UTC

0

How do I ad mods?

I am the sole moderator for r/AutisticAdultDebates I am trying to add more moderators, but I am not seeing the correct menu option after mod tools.

6 Comments
2023/06/04
11:58 UTC

0

How do i let nsfw server post videos?

Im on mobile and im not sure how to

5 Comments
2023/06/04
09:59 UTC

10

Removal reasons not working on desktop or mobile

Hello, removal reasons are not working in the subreddit I’m top mod on, it’s not working on mobile or desktop for the last week-ish

when I go to remove something and Reddit goes to load the removal reasons, it never loads, I can leave it for 10 minutes and it’s still trying to load removal reasons.

Today I got onto desktop to see if that changed anything, went to removed a comment on desktop, removal reasons would still not appear.

Thinking maybe a glitch happened and all the removal reasons got deleted, I went to check in mod settings to see if anything had happened, all the removal reasons are there, nothing has been changed. Yet they won’t appear when you go to remove something.

edit: clarification and spelling because I wrote this way too early and half asleep

4 Comments
2023/06/04
09:55 UTC

9

Help with users that Post, delete and post again

We have a user over at our subreddit that will frequently post content but then delete and repost it if it doesn't get enough upvotes. I have a hard time spotting it and would like advice on how to more easily catch them doing it and also what to do about it. I have started treating it as reposing and removing it with the repost rule.

7 Comments
2023/06/04
04:50 UTC

4

Just set up a new subreddit and I have a couple of things I can't figure out.

Hey fellow Mods!

I just set up a new subreddit. I'm trying to find my way around a bit.

I can't figure out how to ask people to join the Restricted group. Is there any kind of Tutorial? I tried to search the Help, but I don't think it understood the request.

I'm trying to send a Chat invite to several people, but I can't see how to Invite someone to Chat even.

Anyone want to give me a hand, please?

Thanks

6 Comments
2023/06/04
03:39 UTC

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