r/ModSupport • u/AsteriskRX Reddit Admin: Community • Jul 07 '26

Mod Topics Mod Topics: Mod Misconceptions

Hey folks! Our topic for today are the mystical mythical mod misconceptions. When it comes to the world of moderation, there are often plenty of falsehoods and myths that persist across social platforms. If you don’t have anything that immediately comes to mind, here are a few questions to get you warmed up:

  • Are there any myths about mods that you wish you could bust forever? 
  • What preconceptions do you think users bring to Reddit from other platforms?
  • What do you wish users knew about mods/moderation?
  • In your day-to-day moderation practices, community sidebar, or other efforts, dispel misconceptions about moderators?

Let us know your thoughts in the comments below!

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u/PossibleCrit Jul 07 '26

Totally! Even then moderators often have specific expertise or things they like to do. I'm more than happy to dig into modmail or the queue but keep me away from any styling elements...

And if a community you're passionate about seems undermoderated, reach out via modmail and see if they might need a hand!

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u/emily_in_boots Jul 08 '26

This is me too actually. I don't do site design - it's one area of moderation I'm not competent with. I have a co-mod who is a visdev artist (not entirely sure what that is but she does animation stuff irl professionally). I recruit her to do banners, site design, colors, etc. I do bots, automation, queue, modmail, rules, etc. (she does a lot of that too minus the bot development).

You need multiple mods with different skillsets. No one can do it all.

You'd think I'd be artistic given my extremely artistic and talented family but I guess I come from the shallower end of our familial gene pool on that. I am utterly inartistic and devoid of that kind of talent.