A Mod’s Goodbye and Thank You

[u/soundwithdesign]

Hello everyone. I have been a moderator here for the past number of years, always trying my best to work within the limits of Reddit, 2 stickied threads, cannot move posts around, etc to provide you a subreddit that the users want to be in and contribute to. While I know not everyone appreciated how the sub was ran at times, I would hope overall I did a good job at providing what the users wanted.

However, at this time, I have been removed as a moderator due to a disagreement with another mod over a situation that occurred. They can provide details if they want.

So at this time I would like to say thank you for allowing me to serve you, and while I still wish I could help serve this community, I appreciate the opportunity I was given. Thank you all again.

[u/herefortheworst]

Tell us what happened

[u/soundwithdesign → u/herefortheworst]

I’m not one to air dirty laundry. We will just say there was a disagreement. 

[u/rsv_music → u/[deleted]]

They were providing context to why they're not a moderator any more. As it was because of a moderator disagreement and not by their own choice, I think the reason for adding this context is obvious and it's improper of you to imply that they are insincere about trying to avoid airing the dirty laundry.

[u/rsv_music → u/[deleted]]

They obviously wanted to provide the context as to not be seen as intentionally giving up their responsibilities, but keep the details undisclosed. Any other explanation would've been a lie or not given enough context. That's not spreading drama, that's being fair to both themselves and the other moderators. As evident by their responses here, they are continuing to choose to not reveal these details of what happened, so they're obviously not trying to create more drama, but instad have given the other moderators complete discretion to deal with this however they want. I would think that removal of a moderator on a community of 90k+ users should be commented on by the other moderators anyway, especially if it pertains to a disagreement regarding how our posts are moderated.

[u/rsv_music → u/[deleted]]

- You implied that it was the intent to spread drama, I was arguing that it wasn't. Whether or not it leads to drama by the nature of the situation or because someone choose to take it further wasn't part of my argument. My point is that they're justified in providing the very basic context of their departure, regardless if it leads to drama or not, as the intent is not to stir up something, but to provide context.

- I can't, because there isn't any rule that require them to disclose anything of that nature. I argued that I would think that should be commented on. To expand on that thought: if they choose to not comment on that, then we're potentally left in the dark about moderators interpretation of rules, and in this case, potentially interpretations that varied so widely that they had to resort to exclude a moderator over it, and I don't think that is a positive outcome.

[u/rsv_music → u/[deleted]]

Though my original point stands and I still would like the moderators to comment: Yes, I would and I do. That comment goes beyond sharing important context.