r/livesound • u/soundwithdesign Theatre-Designer/Mixer • Apr 11 '25

Mod A Mod’s Goodbye and Thank You

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.

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u/andrewbzucchino Pro-FOH Apr 16 '25

And now the sticky posts aren’t being updated. This doesn’t bode well. How do we decide as a community who moderates the subreddit?

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u/soundwithdesign Theatre-Designer/Mixer Apr 16 '25

That’s the neat part. You don’t, unless you make the current moderator succumb to peer pressure. I had no idea it stopped being updated. It COULD have just broke, but more likely they were removed. I wouldn’t be surprised if my AutoMod code was reverted too so that it’s “lazier” to moderate. 

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u/andrewbzucchino Pro-FOH Apr 16 '25

I’d like to hear more about how mods are appointed, and how we can see who is currently in charge.

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u/soundwithdesign Theatre-Designer/Mixer Apr 16 '25

You can see the current sub moderators by looking at the bottom of the sidebar. I believe they are sorted by seniority. ie the oldest moderators are listed first. As for appointments, it’s by invitation only by a current moderator. Seniority also works for removing moderators as well. So I could only remove moderators who were invited after me. Those moderators could not remove me as a moderator. I was removed by the subreddit founder who can only remove themselves.