#moderators

[purple-mushroom-cap]

man so that debate huh

[cowlicks-and-curls]

The great reddit blackout is happening today to protest reddits plan to charge third party apps outrageous prices to continue to make reddit accessible to people with disabilities and those who moderate large subs for free using bots to keep the communities safe and free from hate. Some threads are going dark until the 14th, some till the end of the month when it's officially decided whether the increased prices will go through, and some are going dark forever.

Don't let corporate greed win. Stand with your community, stand with your disabled friends, stand with those who create a space for those who have none and don't let them fall

[pabudayszine]

✨We're currently finalizing the list of final contributors for Pabu Days! In the meantime, let's meet the moderators behind the project!

Shy: "Howdy, I'm Shy! Thank you for trusting me with heading Pabu Days, I will do my best for you!! I really like pondering and learning and also have you heard of this really cool guy called Darth Maul?" [@shyranno] Zaana: "Hey, I'm Zaana and I'll be your art mod (woah). I'm a very normal amount of excited for this whole project as being part of a TBB zine has been my dream since I entered the fandom. I'm looking very much forward to what we're gonna create!!" [@zaana]

Helo: "Hi I'm Helo! Shy thinks I'm responsible enough to be your writing mod and I am esteemed by her trust. I've been writing in fandom for over 13 years and I've loved Star Wars for even longer. Also don't read Eternal's intro, she's going to rick roll you." [@talizorahs]

Jill: "Howdy I am Jill and I like Gonky and also Hunter Bad Batch a normal amount. Also I draw things sometimes." [@queenjiru]

Eternal: "Hello there! I'm Eternal, one of the support mods. In the wise words of Rick Astley, I'm never gonna give you up and never gonna let you down. I'll be here to help at any time and happy to talk about Star Wars in a heartbeat!" [@eternalqueenofnaboo]

Empress: "Hi everyone, I'm Empress! I spend 10% of my time writing, 40% thinking about writing, and the other 50% thinking about Crosshair. I’m so excited for this project and for what everyone is going to create!" [@theeasternempress]

And those are our mods! We're all going to do our best to make this zine experience a fun one! See you all soon!✨

[nimonabigbang]

One Month Until Nimona Big Bang Writer Sign Ups Close!

If you'd like to participate in the Nimona Big Bang as a writer and/or a writer pinch hitter, please fill out this form as soon as possible and no later than March 1st. The deadline for artists is April 1st.

Thanks so much to all the writers and writer pinch hitters who have signed up so far! Please take a moment to double check that we received your application and that we have you in the correct writing role(s) below. Your name will be in two places if you signed up as both a writer and a writer pinch hitter.

If your username is in blue, then you've already joined the Discord server. If you haven't yet and would like to — it's not required but is a good place to chat with other participants! — please follow this link.

Writers

@ardentandco

@ballistersprostheticarm

@bleezebrew

B-Master (not on Tumblr)

@brucesduque

@dusana-thewitch

@dutifulriley

@eddieshellscape

@em10-nimonafan2009

@fuzzyspottyollie9

@goldenheartphoenix

@ilivelikeimtrying

@j3ankimorit4

@kitschycritter

@knightofburgers

LiveLaughLetmebehappy (not on Tumblr)

@luz-thebrave

@my-head-is-square

@myqueenmarceline

@my-head-is-square

nimona.girl (not on Tumblr)

@nothing-54

@prodigaldaughteralice

@quintilius

@rosemary-frog

@sammys-magical-au

@sapphicnile

@sir-ballister-boldheart

@space-kase

@thegrimshapeofyoursmile

@walrus150915

@yrrtyrrtwhenihrrthrrt

Writer Pinch Hitters

@ardentandco

@em10-nimonafan2009

@euphreana

@just-a-music-and-poetry-lover

nimona.girl (not on Tumblr)

@sir-ballister-boldheart

@space-kase

If you were tagged by accident or if something looks incorrect, please let @random-nerd-posts or @zyrafowe-sny know and we can edit our form with the proper information.

[felicia-trinity]

like, what if, instead of targeting and deleting trans blogs, tumblr targeted and deleted spam blogs???

[loonaticsfans]

Attention loonatic fans⭐️

I am currently looking for people to help me run the Loonatics Unleashed fan accounts: X(Twitter), Tumblr, and/or Discord.

I am a single parent and work full-time. I have been trying to keep up with the account over the past year or so while also going through a lot of life changes (divorce, job changes, etc.)

Each account has different rules, but I would just need some help keeping the accounts active.

If you are interested, please feel free to DM me on whichever site you are interested in.

Thank you!

[rr0achy]

In regards to my OC-Proship server, i would need the help of volunteering mods to help verify with my partner various permissions settings for final steps. I would ideally launch the server before the end of this year so i can start posting oc prompts in January 2025 <3 If you have a history of moderating discord servers or proshipper discord servers and are 18+ feel free to dm me and apply! (I'm a bit shy and awkward but you're welcome to ask me any questions before-hand!) Thank you so much for your time!!

[ghvmhjf]

A meeting with Shedletsky + ignore these two and another player in the bg

[batchedzine]

Meet the Mods!

Introducing our final batch of mods!

🍭Lychgate - @lychgate - Merchandise Mod

🎂 Renee - @reneeofthestars - Social Media Mod

Stay tuned for our Charity announcement, as well as our Contributor Lineup!

[drifblimboy]

rule

[brew-berry-a-trash-artist]

Being a moderator and walking in on people doing exactly what they shouldn’t

The exact same feeling as working at a nursing home and catching an old person stealing a pudding cup

[transdanganronpazine]

Welcome ! We're an upcoming danganronpa based zine featuring trans headcanons! Check out our carrd, where we have mod, artist, and writer applications listed and open! We're very much in need of mods, so any submissions would be very helpful! Feel free to ask any questions or make any comments here in the meantime!

[lacewise]

There’s an existing but increasing trend of people moderating comment sections by leaving up actual bigotry but taking down critical thoughts (even if the criticism is building onto the discussion and not insulting it) and blunt discussion of deeper topics (even, again, when they’re directly relevant to the conversation being had). I don’t like it and what’s more I don’t like propaganda and bigotry being left up because the assumption is that readers will reject it. If you leave enough of it up, even if challenged, eventually people will only remember the bigotry and its justifications.

There’s a proper way to regard lies and half-truths: you say it’s not true, you repeat the lie in a context indicating it’s not true, and then you repeat that it’s a lie. Otherwise you can invoke the illusory truth effect. There is no way, that I know of, to use this process against throwaway comments and threads online if you’re not the original poster.

In some cases, the moderator doesn’t know enough to know the original comment is hate speech, even when it’s overt.

I had a run-in with a person commenting on a popular social media account, and the comment said that talking about your disability online is equivalent to scamming (yes, that’s what they said and yes, the person they were policing is disabled). I confronted them about it, as did several other people.

The comments calling a disabled person talking about their disability a grifter (yes, the word was used) stayed up. The replies condemning this were taken down.

Why? Because calling him a grifter was in line with the original content (which I otherwise have no problems with. Disabled people can be scammers too). The comments defending his humanity, however? Clouded the discussion bashing him. Added nuance where it wasn’t wanted.

What I’m saying is a lot of these “moderators” don’t have the skills, time, resources, credentials, or background to be monitoring discussions. And it’s really hurting community dialogue considering how ubiquitous these platforms are and how difficult it is to find other places online for these conversations.

Some of these comment sections are engaged in toxic positivity and either or thinking. Some in critical thinking bashing and anti-intellectualism (yes, really). Some of them are engaged in misinformation and some are pits of chaos and hate.

But nearly all of them have one thing in common: if you say something unpopular or controversial (so it can be completely factual, just less well-known) your contribution will be taken down, while comments literally calling people slurs will be left up. Leaving many conversations stuck in a surface-level loop.

This is a good way to cement false information but a bad way to encourage learning. It feels like respectability-politics lite. Pretty soon, bluntness (and here I mean informative, and not blunt for bluntness’s sake) will be regarded as bullying but trying to get the point across politely will be regarded as duplicity. I can already see it happening. I do not want to go back. We cannot go back.

People are engaging in potentially devastating long-term harm for short-term engagement. And I’d rather not find out what the cost will be.

[nimonabigbang]

MODERATORS NEEDED

Attention Nimona enjoyers! I am opening up MODERATOR SIGN-UPS for those who would like to apply to help run the event.

I am just one person, who is working a job, going to school and if I don't have help, I tend to micromanage. I hate to admit it, but I need help from others to ensure that I don't make this an unenjoyable event for anyone.

The roles I need filled are:

Writer Moderators: You help make sure that they are getting their check-ins completed on time. You also can help them find beta readers and so forth.

Artist Moderators: You help make sure that they are also getting their check-ins completed on time. You can also help with tips, or just making sure that everything in this area is going smoothly.

Beta Reader Moderators: You make sure anyone with the beta reader role is assigned to a writer by the time the 4th check-in is almost complete.

Event Moderators: You can help lead the event, make sure that emails are going out on time with links to the check-in forms. Essentially you are going to help me run the whole thing.

The signups open on November 1st, 2023 and close on December 15th, 2023. If you are interested, please keep an eye out for when sign-ups open for moderators.

If you do apply, the moderators will be announced on December 31st, 2023 at 10AM EST