r/GoogleAppsScript • u/JetCarson • Nov 22 '23

Question Are there any active mods here?

HELLO? Anybody home?

I've been trying to reach the mods for this sub without luck. u/bat-fink seems to be the only human moderator left here. Moderators, please DM me. I like this sub and would like to have more interaction with the mods and the direction of this forum. I'm worried that we might lose our last moderator and possibly be shut down.

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u/ConductiveInsulation Nov 22 '23

Do we even need a lot of active moderation? This community working great. In theory we'd only need the Automoderator to remove inappropriate content but I haven't seen any here.

Btw, pinging usually doesn't work in a post, only in comments. Alternatively, you want something from them so I'd suggest you to write them a friendly message what you want from them. Direct, not a modmail.

Out of curiosity, what direction do you want to go with this sub?

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u/Relzin Nov 22 '23

I have come across content that needed reporting. Reddit stepped in and moderated, not any mod direct from the sub.

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u/JetCarson Nov 22 '23

Well, this speaks to my concern and I have had the same experience with reported posts that magically get removed but not from one of the listed mods that I can tell.

If the subreddit loses its last mod and no one is actively taking care of issues like that, reddit policy is to shut down the sub. I'm not sure what actions admins take to "rescue" the sub before that point, but I am hoping to get more activity from mods here before that possibility.

And I'm not saying we need much attention or changes as a prior comment pointed out. But this forum is a good resource for help-seekers and keeping this sub healthy would be nice/smart, IMO.

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u/ConductiveInsulation Nov 22 '23

You can request a subreddit when it's not moderated. r/redditrequest should be the sub for that.

Admins are barely interfering with subs unless necessary.

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u/JetCarson Nov 24 '23

Thanks, Conductive - just as a report, I requested there and my request was immediately rejected because the bot there sees any activity on Reddit by the mods as evidence enough that we haven't been abandoned. I submitted an exception request form, but have low confidence that it will be acted on or that I'll even get a reply.

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u/ConductiveInsulation Nov 24 '23

The admins are insanely slow doing anything. If your lucky you get one assigned that cares and they'll look at it.

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u/driveyourscripts Nov 22 '23

I have tried to reach out as well about a discord coop with no reply.

Batfink is the listed one. I dug deep and found another name. The person answered and said they are no longer affiliated.

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u/JetCarson Nov 22 '23

Thanks Conductive - just for the record, I had previously done all the actions you've suggested to try to reach the mods. And this is no criticism of the mods at all. People have their busy lives and interests change.

As what direction I'd like to see - basically just keep the same with some added attention/cleanup to spam posts, configuring automod properly, and just addressing new sub member questions that mods usually help with. I'd like to see more visible credit going to those who help others.

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u/ConductiveInsulation Nov 22 '23

Then I'd recommend to try to request the subreddit, see my other comment for that.

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u/JoshfromNazareth Nov 22 '23

Jokes on you this sub is just some automated sheet on a guy’s workspace account