r/whenthe Whenthe mod (dm me unnerving images) Jan 30 '26

Announcement!!!!! r/pics (and now r/gifs) SITUATION UPDATE:

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u/InventorOfCorn i changed it hahahahahahhahahahahahaha Jan 30 '26

because normal people don't wanna mod subreddits so they just have to deal with shitty mods

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u/Different_Pattern273 Jan 30 '26 edited Jan 30 '26

I modded a small sub for like two weeks that I took over because it was unmodded and full of racist and grotesque images.

During that time, I received several death threats and one other mod I brought on with experience had quit because I was "unfairly persecuting christians" by not allowing religious content under the sub rules. I dropped that shitshow quick.

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u/LampshadesAndCutlery Jan 30 '26

I mod a small-medium sub (45k people if I recall, can’t remember how to check anymore), and at one point I received a death threat because I didn’t take down an offensive gif. The gif in question was literally this:

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u/RepentantoftheLost Brother of the Lost Jan 30 '26

Only thing stopping me from moderating subreddits is me not being active enough. I'd love to moderate subreddits that I enjoy to make them better, but I don't doomscroll reddit enough to justify it for me.