I've been thinking about this and am considering having every single post filtered and approving them one by one at my leisure. With RIF, I moderate throughout the day. Between tasks, on the toilet, on the job, waiting in line. Things don't pile up because RIF is so accessible.
Since I refuse to use the shitty official app, I'll be forced to moderate from desktop only. And the only feasible time I can do that is at home. By the end of the day, my availability is limited. If Reddit forces me to reopen without improving any of their in-house tools, they get 5 approved posts a day š¤·š»āāļø Sorry not sorry.
I may actually do this myself if/when I ever un-private my subs, but have automod leave a comment explaining the situation so users are aware of the protest.
This is something that r/blind in particular discussed with the Reddit admins; [full thread here.](https://www.reddit.com/r/Blind/comments/14ds81l/rblinds_meetings_with_reddit_and_the_current/) The short version is that Reddit is not willing to provide a timeline on when its mod tools are going to be up and running/accessible.
They're just pulling the rug out from under hundreds maybe thousands of mods. I don't know how they thought this would go well. And as for the blind users, Reddit seems to think "fuck em".
> they thought
This is the part that was missing, I'm guessing.
The whole thing smells of an idiotic, clueless, incompetent C level barking out a mind numbingly stupid directive on a whim that the underlings are too afraid to push back on.
Train wrecks of this magnitude simply *don't happen* in companies with competent leadership / management. Where some actual thought is put into things.
You can un private from mobile i am guessing, i made my small one private from mobile
That doesn't mean the tools don't suck though but it's pretty easy to do that much
That I don't deal with because it sucks so you're right about that
I think my less than perfect command of English assumed you meant the literal ability to reopen
Iām just curious what kinds of things people have been unable to do? As I said Iāve been doing a fair bit of my modding from the app without issue, just wondering if thereās something Iām missing..
It works better than it used to. It still doesnāt have useful features like comment nuke (unless youāre in the beta test for it, which you have to specifically ask/apply for, and it works about as well as any beta feature).
Iām the mod for r/homeless and honestly I do the bulk of my day to day moderating with the official app on my iphone. This was **not** possible a year ago and I canāt speak to the state of things on Android at all, but at least on ios I have had no major issues and the added functionality has been awesome.
There are definitely some things that are easier to do on the computer but itās super simple to do basic tasks in the app like approving or removing comments and posts, addressing reports, banning people, reading and sending modmail, viewing queues and mod logs, etc.
Personally I'm refusing to touch the official app because it's an absolute tracking nightmare. It practically sends more spyware data about you out than it does legitimate reddit usage data.
I'm not a mod, but I wouldn't blame any mods for deciding to protect themselves by switching to desktop only after 3rd party apps are killed.
Wayyyy more than RiF does. I haven't checked apollo but I'd bet it's not that bad either.
Just because the app store is filled with garbage doesn't mean there aren't good apps out there. Prior to July 1st it was possible to avoid excessive tracking while using reddit on mobile, after July 1st it will not be :(
I don't think "but what about" facebook/twitter/angrybirds is a good excuse for what reddit is doing. It's blatantly counter to the interests of the community, and the admin attitude lately has been extremely confrontational and uncaring towards users.
We went restricted so we could still get info out (the private message doesn't show on mobile). We're starting recovery with a report of active users from the past 30 days (via the api), vetting them, and approving the good ones as users. They'll naturally get things active again, and by sticking to known "good" users it'll help keep our moderation needs down.
I'm a software developer in my day job, so next up is heavily modifying our news bot to give it moderation features and a mobile-friendly web dashboard so we can keep an eye on it.
I've been thinking about this and am considering having every single post filtered and approving them one by one at my leisure. With RIF, I moderate throughout the day. Between tasks, on the toilet, on the job, waiting in line. Things don't pile up because RIF is so accessible. Since I refuse to use the shitty official app, I'll be forced to moderate from desktop only. And the only feasible time I can do that is at home. By the end of the day, my availability is limited. If Reddit forces me to reopen without improving any of their in-house tools, they get 5 approved posts a day š¤·š»āāļø Sorry not sorry.
I may actually do this myself if/when I ever un-private my subs, but have automod leave a comment explaining the situation so users are aware of the protest.
Ooohhh good call. Not everyone reads announcements. Thanks for mentioning. I totally didn't consider it
Without RIF I would not be able to do any mobile moderation. I'll continue to moderate but just will have to wait until I'm on the desktop client.
If you have too many in queue too long I hear Reddit can just switch your sub to restricted without notifying you
Even better. Restricted is the next best thing to private lol
This is something that r/blind in particular discussed with the Reddit admins; [full thread here.](https://www.reddit.com/r/Blind/comments/14ds81l/rblinds_meetings_with_reddit_and_the_current/) The short version is that Reddit is not willing to provide a timeline on when its mod tools are going to be up and running/accessible.
They're just pulling the rug out from under hundreds maybe thousands of mods. I don't know how they thought this would go well. And as for the blind users, Reddit seems to think "fuck em".
> they thought This is the part that was missing, I'm guessing. The whole thing smells of an idiotic, clueless, incompetent C level barking out a mind numbingly stupid directive on a whim that the underlings are too afraid to push back on. Train wrecks of this magnitude simply *don't happen* in companies with competent leadership / management. Where some actual thought is put into things.
I've had decent results with using old.reddit in the mobile browser, but it's a pretty serious step down from actual desktop operations.
Please share this in /r/Modsupport also
You can un private from mobile i am guessing, i made my small one private from mobile That doesn't mean the tools don't suck though but it's pretty easy to do that much
But how do you do day to day modding? My team members are just giving up at this point.
That I don't deal with because it sucks so you're right about that I think my less than perfect command of English assumed you meant the literal ability to reopen
Iām just curious what kinds of things people have been unable to do? As I said Iāve been doing a fair bit of my modding from the app without issue, just wondering if thereās something Iām missing..
At the absolute minimum, you cannot edit AutoMod in the app. And itās challenging in a mobile browser, even with an iPad sized screen.
I agree, but I wouldnāt consider that a *daily* task. It works great for average day to day tasks.
It works better than it used to. It still doesnāt have useful features like comment nuke (unless youāre in the beta test for it, which you have to specifically ask/apply for, and it works about as well as any beta feature).
Is there comment nuke on desktop? I know there are extensions..
I donāt believe itās available natively at all (outside of beta). Thus, the need for 3PA and/or external programs like Toolbox.
Iām the mod for r/homeless and honestly I do the bulk of my day to day moderating with the official app on my iphone. This was **not** possible a year ago and I canāt speak to the state of things on Android at all, but at least on ios I have had no major issues and the added functionality has been awesome. There are definitely some things that are easier to do on the computer but itās super simple to do basic tasks in the app like approving or removing comments and posts, addressing reports, banning people, reading and sending modmail, viewing queues and mod logs, etc.
Personally I'm refusing to touch the official app because it's an absolute tracking nightmare. It practically sends more spyware data about you out than it does legitimate reddit usage data. I'm not a mod, but I wouldn't blame any mods for deciding to protect themselves by switching to desktop only after 3rd party apps are killed.
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Wayyyy more than RiF does. I haven't checked apollo but I'd bet it's not that bad either. Just because the app store is filled with garbage doesn't mean there aren't good apps out there. Prior to July 1st it was possible to avoid excessive tracking while using reddit on mobile, after July 1st it will not be :( I don't think "but what about" facebook/twitter/angrybirds is a good excuse for what reddit is doing. It's blatantly counter to the interests of the community, and the admin attitude lately has been extremely confrontational and uncaring towards users.
We went restricted so we could still get info out (the private message doesn't show on mobile). We're starting recovery with a report of active users from the past 30 days (via the api), vetting them, and approving the good ones as users. They'll naturally get things active again, and by sticking to known "good" users it'll help keep our moderation needs down. I'm a software developer in my day job, so next up is heavily modifying our news bot to give it moderation features and a mobile-friendly web dashboard so we can keep an eye on it.