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/r/modhelp

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I want to create a prestige system using user flair that would be awarded to users who make quality posts. How would I go about doing that?

Basically I want to increment their user flair over time and give them prestige for contributing. At certain milestones (like 5 quality posts), I want to upgrade their flair to another rank or prestige.

I've seen other subs do something similar, but they had a separate site set up to do it. Could use some advice on this.

5 Comments
2024/04/15
03:49 UTC

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Post Flair Help

I need help with my subreddit. i am the only moderator on it and i added post flair but when i try to use flair in a post it says "Not available for this community", and im on computer. Can someone help?

2 Comments
2024/04/15
02:27 UTC

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How can I create a chat channel?

Is there a way to create a chat channel. I have chats but we are limited to only 100 users. Can someone direct me?

4 Comments
2024/04/14
23:56 UTC

8

Now banned member threats

I politely asked a commentor to tone down/ slow down his comments. He immediately became defensive and threatening. After going back-and-forth, he threatened to have the group shut down. He claims to have multiple user accounts and threatened to start reporting all posters and commenters. He claimed to have another group banned. (I am aware the group was banned). I banned him from the group and immediately began reporting posts. The private taunting and threats continue. I know he still monitors the group form other accounts because he repeats content to me in private. Please help. New to this and don’t know the ropes.

9 Comments
2024/04/14
23:22 UTC

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live chats/chat channels

How do I make live chats/chat channels on my sub? I can't seem to figure out the settings and how to make it

3 Comments
2024/04/14
23:07 UTC

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How do I make people to post on my subreddit.

Making some advice posts on the topic of my subreddit is time consuming. I need more members that would be eager to make such posts. Or any short post related at all. I think users might be anxious to post. How do I get people that are in the subject posting?

Help.

9 Comments
2024/04/14
21:40 UTC

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NSFW subreddit help: all comments get removed

In an nsfw subreddit I moderate the spam filter strength for comments is set to low, and every action in the automoderator config has an action_reason, but all comments are removed with the reason "remove".

How to fix this? Anyone with experience in nsfw subreddits willing to take a look?

3 Comments
2024/04/14
20:30 UTC

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Can only see banned list for the last 7 days?

Hi,

I’m sure we used to be able to see the entirety of the banned last but it seems I can now only see the banned users up until the last 7 days.

Is this how it is now?

I am using the app, iOS all fully updated.

Thank you.

3 Comments
2024/04/14
18:23 UTC

0

Need Help Adding a Comment Bot to My Subreddit.

Hey everyone,

I've noticed some subreddits using comment bots to automate responses, and I'd like to add one to mine. Could someone walk me through the process step by step? I'm not very tech-savvy, so simple explanations would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance for your help!

3 Comments
2024/04/14
18:18 UTC

0

How do I make it so that you have to use a flair?

I need it for my Reddit server

3 Comments
2024/04/14
15:09 UTC

1

how to setup automod

so I want only videos in my sub and when I go /config it shows

"config doesn't exist"

This page uses a restricted URL and can not be used as a wiki page

5 Comments
2024/04/14
14:12 UTC

1

How do I keep my infrequent NSFW Subreddit from getting "banned for being unmoderated"?

I run (ran) a NSFW (mentioning because I don't know if there's different rules for those type) Subreddit for a niche type of content, while I have been open to recruiting additional moderators for it, there hasn't been significant interest, and I am still primarily the only person who posts content (about 95% of it), however the sub itself remained relatively popular with plenty of views and up/down voting.

I also kept an eye on it and deleted spam and unrelated posts, but I would personally go through lapses where I wouldn't add any new content for a month or two.

This has caused this community to get "banned for being unmoderated". I appealed before and got the sub restored, but it happened again several months later.

Even when I don't post new content I would look for violations of the rules, but how can I prove the subreddit is being moderated when there's nothing that requires mod action?

I would just like to still have this subreddit be available for me to post new content, even if infrequently, without having to constantly appeal to re-open it because I had nothing that needed moderation. Any advice on how to do this?

7 Comments
2024/04/14
12:03 UTC

4

when requesting a subreddit that has been previously banned for lack of moderation, what do admins look for when approving/denying requests?

is there anything specific that they would want to see/not see?

edit: would like to add that this is not a subreddit i was ever a top mod for or even a moderator for

11 Comments
2024/04/14
06:39 UTC

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Can I not respond to my own posts comments as a mod?

Title tells you all

7 Comments
2024/04/14
04:56 UTC

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People can’t join

I’ve created a subreddit and people message me and have commented that they can’t join so I’ve been sending invites to people. The subreddit is private, how can people join it without having me invite them?

3 Comments
2024/04/13
23:42 UTC

2

Threads now have images added

Recently threads I've started have had images inserted into my first post. Twice they've been pictures of the person referred to, once the emblem of the division. I don't mind, am surprised.

1 Comment
2024/04/13
22:33 UTC

6

What's up with these comments???

I have users that comment, who don't have an avatar, get an instant red trash can and when I go to look at their profile I get "whoops".

What's going on with these?

18 Comments
2024/04/13
22:16 UTC

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Can I make it necessary to have a link for a certain post flair?

As the title says, can I make it so people have to add a link to a post with a specific flair?

6 Comments
2024/04/13
21:38 UTC

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How do i know if my BayArea sub ban was lifted?

I posted someone should be doxed and was given a permanent. I fought it, and the ban was reduced to a yr at which time i was told that if i basically apologized id be able to post against. And that if i tired to post i would be permanently banned. More info in my profile if needed..

So before today when id go into that sub the comment box was greyed out but today it isn't. Is this a glitch or something or was my ban lifted or something? i dont dare post b/c i dont want to be permanently banned from anything . Thanks for reading and the help..

4 Comments
2024/04/13
21:03 UTC

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how do i get my subreddit ready?

how do i get my subreddit ready

i’m relatively new to reddit, and i’d like to make a subreddit for a movie. i know my way around reddit as i’ve used it on and off for a couple of months, but i don’t know anything about owning a subreddit. any advice? what do i post first, how do i get people to join? any dos and donts?

(how do i do automod?)

what should my rules be and how should i go about getting mods? how do i get engagement and what should i be posting

5 Comments
2024/04/13
17:49 UTC

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How long does it take a subreddit without any activity before Reddit warns you that Subreddit purge is going to get your sub if you don't ban a certiain user from your sub?

I just want to know so I can ban the user from my other subs when the time comes meaning the time Reddit warns my that the purge is going to get a sub of mine if I don't ban SubRedditPurge.

8 Comments
2024/04/13
17:35 UTC

5

Modmail "It's them" notification re: ban evasion...

If mods are getting an "It's them" message in modmail "ban-evasion" notices about a user, is that a thing? What does it mean?

EDIT: It's in automod, not modmail. Asked on r/automoderator as well.

19 Comments
2024/04/13
14:42 UTC

1

Subreddits are getting banned and I don't know why

Hey, 2 of my subreddits have now been banned.

I understand the first ban of r/BrainUnveiled because I did not set up an automod or rules, for example.

But now r/BrainUnveiledLounge has been banned as well although I set up everything and followed the "Moderator Code of Conduct" and also followed everything that is written here https://support.reddithelp.com/hc/en-us/articles/15484061307924-Week-1-Setting-things-up.

No one is responding to requests.

I have already sent a request to https://support.reddithelp.com and have also written to modhelp.

I find this extremely annoying and frustrating. I just want to build a community on Reddit. I have spent a lot of time setting everything up and it is just blocked without mentioning any specific reason.

I probably won't get any support here but I just wanted to let off some steam.

6 Comments
2024/04/13
12:58 UTC

0

Need help with reasoning behind deleted sub.

Hi moderators.

I have a question. I recently found one of my sub-reddit's I was moderating was removed. Now I am not too bothered by the sub-reddit as it was empty anyway. But my problem is that when I looked into it the reason given was that there was no moderator, Even though I was the mod. Furthermore I have no email's or mod mail saying anything about sub deletion. What happened?

4 Comments
2024/04/13
12:11 UTC

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My subreddit name has been changed somehow.

The name used to be r/otp3 but now has changed to r/a:t5_354uk. How is this possible?

4 Comments
2024/04/13
12:05 UTC

0

How do I customize my Subreddit on mobile!?

Their is a lot of stuff I need to do for my subreddit but I can’t find it and their are zero YouTube videos on how to do it heeeeelp

2 Comments
2024/04/13
07:40 UTC

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Is there a way to change the sub background colour now in the new redesign?

It seems like Reddit wants subs to have a really bland/boring appearance now. This makes subs have a much less inviting appearance which is a strange choice to go with.

Anyway, I was testing out sub customization features on the latest redesign and I was shocked to see how stripped down it is now compared to "new" reddit and of course "old" reddit had the most customization possible.

I see that putting up a background image is gone, but can we at least change the background colour to a flat colour. All I'm seeing is that this redesign only puts a tint on the white background. The white background is terrible and it seems that I can't even set dark mode as the permanent default colour choice for the sub. It just reverts back to the boring white background the next time I login.

Why would reddit strip away the ability for subs customize their look to stand out and be more appealing to users? Now they all just look the same which is bland and boring.

6 Comments
2024/04/13
06:34 UTC

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Is it possible to get back a sub that has been banned for not moderating?

I didn't start /r/sptv but I'd like to reclaim it somehow if it's possible. But I don't know how to go about it.

7 Comments
2024/04/12
23:57 UTC

1

Unable to ban spammers with suspended accounts

Multiple times per day, the sub I mod gets obvious spam comments (affiliate links, no context comments on years-old threads with an account that has no history etc,) but when I go to moderate these posts, the account is suspended so I can't ban it. A lot of them then end up popping back up on the same account a few days later after presumably getting un-suspended somehow. Is there a way to ban or block these accounts aside from manually adding them to the ban list?

9 Comments
2024/04/12
23:37 UTC

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Why can’t i change my Icon?

I can’t change my subreddit icon. it says “wow such empty” even tho it shouldn’t. something’s broken. i also can’t change the name of my members

4 Comments
2024/04/12
22:37 UTC

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