Requesting control of /r/IAmA
It appears it has been restored
As you're no doubt aware, 32bites has took it upon himself to effectively shut down r/IAmA without prior warning or consultation with its readers or moderators.
Whilst he is well within his rights to do so under the current architecture of reddit, admins are also within their rights to relinquish subreddit control to who they see fit.
I would like to propose control of r/IAmA to be transferred to one of the former IAmA moderators. I would like to offer myself, but also vouch for BritishEnglishPolice and karmanaut.
Posted Aug 25, 2011, 7:52 PM UTC · edited
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I am 100% behind this.
Just to be the Devil's Advocate - nothing personal, no agenda here - Orbixx hasn't been flawless during his one month long tenure as mod.
Though one of the more prominent mods, Orbixx is of a new wave of r/IAmA mods who were appointed around this time. He's constantly vigilant, though this has occasionally strayed into being paranoid. He's prematurely marked two IAMAs as fake based on skimp or misunderstood evidence on the same day, though they were both reverted by other mods.
Another scenario like this made front page a few days back and caused a bit of an upset. Point and counterpoint here.
He banned Bob_Faget from r/IAmA for making unrelated incendiary comments on r/reddit.com, though this turned out to be a misunderstanding of sorts.
While these are fully legitimate removals of IAmA's as per the IAmA guidelines, some prefer a more laidback approach to moderation, where the general public decides (That's what the votes are for) on the relevance or interest of an IAmA. The type where the direction and censorship of IAmA posts be dictated and directed by Redditors, not by individual moderators, whose actions - though might have the best intentions in heart - might cause some controversy. Controversies like this.
But...but my job...
THEY TERK YER JERB
DEE TERK HIS JERB
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-- 32bites
Derka Der
Hi Jason,
I agree completely. I am human, and as such am inherently imperfect. Whilst your points are very succinct, I would like to clarify further.
I did not apply. BritishEnglishPolice made me moderator based on my activity alone and the fact that I expressed an interest. This was because he had seen me around quite frequently and did not need to ask the questions necessary in the application.
I feel a dash of paranoia is necessary when it comes to verifying AMAs that have been carefully crafted to fool people in the past. People can be very deceptive. I understand your point though, but the fact that I work in IT security may augment my paranoia to above average and it will certainly affect the way I moderate - whether that is in a good way or a bad way remains to be seen, but I am extremely open-minded and will always accept criticism.
When I marked those AMAs as fake, it was most definitely premature, but that was approximately a day or two into my position. "It's my first day", comes to mind. I remedied one whilst another mod remedied another. It has not since reoccurred.
The drama surrounding that post removal was certainly controversial. However, that thread, upon its death, showed a general consensus of 50/50, agreeing and disagreeing with my decision. That was a hard decision to make.
Regarding Bob_Faget, it is much to my dismay that I admitted that my emotions got the better of me in that moment and as such I reacted far too quickly without thinking. This resulted in an erroneous ban which was very quickly remedied.
I can vouch for him. He writes very well.
Yes! He has used "whilst"!
hey that's me! fwiw even though orbixx was, to be blunt, being a little bitch that day (lashing out at everyone who disagreed with him removing a popular IAmA post and banning me because i hurt his feelings) ... i would 100% support him being a mod of the new IAmA (maybe not the mod). he made a mistake and somewhat owned up to it (though never to me directly but whatevs, good enough). for the most part, he's seems like an alright guy. just had a bad day and did the only thing he could to "get back at me" (use mod powers to ban me from his subreddit). happens all the time on reddit. and i can't hold a grunge against someone who got pissed off at me shittalking. it's what i do.
my vote's for orbixx
Much respect for this post, faget.
Nice way to phrase it. And I have to thank you for giving the other side.
Man I love Reddit drama.
That got a good laugh out of me, thanks :D
Well I don't know about what happened, but thanks for the mature counter-response.
I very much appreciate your honesty, candidness, and other adjectives.
I respect that he admits his mistakes.
Props on getting rid of that goddamn "zomg my laptop was stolen and im watching them" thread. I wish you had gotten rid of that fake "omg I can't poop thread" too.
There can be abuse or horrible trolling on AMA or IamA so I support a heavy handed approach for non-meaningful posts. If it is someone who is like, "I am dying of cancer right now" or "I live in pakistan and my house just got exploded", keep that shit on and give it a looser rein. If its, "OMG U GUYZ I CANT SHIT AND MY COMPUTER WAS STOLEN", that stuff should be considered suspect as soon as you see it.
Wait... Was the poop one fake?
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Personally, I think r/IAmA is one of the few places where this sort of approach to moderation is warranted. The subreddit has, in the past, proved extremely easy to con, so people really shouldn't be given the benefit of the doubt when it comes to verification.
From what I've seen you've been doing a good job. I hope you're awarded control.
Holy shit... Are you... REASONING with someone on the internet!? You got my vote for audacity alone! :)
Orbix, well he came and took with giving, we should send him away ooooh orbix
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What makes you think that? Check the thread for yourself if you don't believe me.
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I think Orbixx might realize this, which is why he's hoping to add other mods too. If each brings a different moderation style to the table, the end compromise will probably be something that everybody can work with.
What crock. Orbixx nor any other mods had anything to do with the last link you pasted; what utter tenuous links you provide as you jump from subject to subject yourself claiming that the disputes in question were solved.
so man what do you do in a day?
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Does that mean the rules should be addressed, or perhaps the role of the moderators?
I like the conjunction of you using the term "Devil's Advocate" and the fact that OP has 666 karma.
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AND MY A- aw fuck it, me too.
I love a good use of whilst.
How does it taste?
"Fair to midland"
So is everyone. This is one of the most popular subreddits. Why would the admins let this happen? It would simply delete a good part of site content.
And I'm behind MooBaloo, if you know what I mean.
Hey! My anus is one-way only!
Then where do you poop?
iseewhatyoudidthere
You have my sword!
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I want to get out my novelty account Their_Police and give you a ticket for incorrect use of "there," but your comment made me decide it wouldn't be worth the effort.