[Announcement] Changes to the moderation team, new moderation positions, and a massive thank you from the mods

Hi everyone,

Today, I just wanted to take the time to share a massive thank you to the community from me, an incredibly sad, depressed, borderline suicidal sandwich.

Two weeks ago, I put in my two weeks notice at my job due to a whole host of issues, such as not enough pay, health issues, stress, etc.

Two weeks later, on this day two weeks later, it is two weeks later (wow). This means that, as of today, I am now officially unemployed and as such, will be stepping down from the moderation team here.

Yes, this means I am stepping down to avoid being a jobless Reddit moderator. Call it based, cringe, or both, but I am happy to say that my time here has (mostly) been a blast. Even with the occasional troll, schizo, or angry slur-filled DMs cluttering my inbox, I just wanted to let you guys know that y'all have been a (mostly) wonderful community and I want to thank you guys for being, well, unfiltered.

I've always been a bit of a fence sitter when it came to takes about the game. I'm not someone who's entirely comfortable with the idea of shittalking people, even if I disagree with their decisions, but I've also never been one to blindly follow the hate/love train (pause), even if I do agree with the sentiments behind it.

As I've said before, the most important part of criticizing something isn't how or what you criticize, but why.

I had three goals when I joined the mod team:

1. Help people understand why people were upset with the state of the game/community

2. Help people understand the point of Unfiltered and that the sub is not meant to be an anti-"anything" sub but rather a place to talk about the game without fear of being banned/silenced

3. Stop the spread of misinformation.

These three tenants were what I've always tried to live up to. Whether or not you agree with these principles or if I enforced them well is, as always, up to you. I know some of you may disagree with my takes, and I definitely know some of you disagree with me on principle, but I can accept and respect that. After all, that's what Unfiltered is all about, right?

I joined the team during the doxxing situation. As in, literally the day news of the doxxing situation came out, I was made mod and had to deal with that fiasco (mostly) by myself.

In the months since then, I've watched this community grow and turn from a collection of schizos into...well, a much larger collection of schizos admittedly, but also an active force of change in the community. I won't get too sappy here (and because this is getting way too dramatic even for me), so in short, thank you.

On the other hand, we now have a new moderator position available! If anyone is interested, please feel free to message one of the other mods or to contact us directly via the mod mail.