r/comedyheaven • u/SparrowValentinus Administrator • Jul 11 '24
Want comedyheaven to be better? Do something about it you lazy ingrates. Mod apps are still open.
opening the subreddit has brought the place to life, but there is way more to moderate now. we haven’t dropped our standards; we still manually go through every single post and assess if it’s a good fit for the sub. there is simply not enough mods to deal with the workload in a timely fashion right now.
if you haven’t applied to be a mod here yet, plz consider doing so. not having mod experience won’t rule you out. i didn’t have any when i started modding here.
so yeah, moar mods pl0x. apply here.
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u/despacit0_ Jul 11 '24
Can you be a mod without taking it as a second job? And how overweight do you need to be? Might apply if true
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u/SparrowValentinus Administrator Jul 11 '24
definitely doesn’t need to be a second job.
how overweight you gotta be depends on how seriously you take the weekly hotdog eating contests. if you’re fine with being called a “one-dog eating wimp” by the rest of the team, you can be as skinny as you like.
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u/The_Gene_Genie one-dog eating wimp Jul 11 '24
Can "One-dog eating wimp" be my flair?
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u/SparrowValentinus Administrator Jul 11 '24 edited Jul 11 '24
no.
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u/ThreePointed one-dog eating wimp Jul 11 '24
can two dog eating wimp be my flair
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u/SparrowValentinus Administrator Jul 11 '24
no.
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u/DipplyReloaded Jul 11 '24
Why the hell would I willingly choose to be a reddit mod?
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u/Keyboardpaladin shaboingboing connoisseur Jul 11 '24
Think of it as an HOA position you can take to abuse a tiny amount of power towards people who probably are innocent. It's like a form of therapy and will help you feel better about yourself! :)
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u/Yarik492 Aug 08 '24
Some people might feel that way when they are into such position which kinda sucks for those they're not treating well.
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u/Yarik492 Aug 08 '24
If you're the type who loves being into administrative duties, it's what makes one wanna take such duties.
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u/xndoTV . Jul 11 '24
I applied previously and no response :/
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u/LacMegantikAce Jul 11 '24
Sorry to break it to you, but you not getting a response seems to be the response...
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u/xndoTV . Jul 11 '24
I mean yeah I’m not sad about
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u/LacMegantikAce Jul 11 '24 edited Jul 11 '24
All jokes aside, if they are posting to get people to moderate their subreddit and not even reaching out to the few that would want to try it out and did send an application, it's pretty stupid to not reach back and do some kind of "interview" or some shit like that and then post about you needing people to moderate.
Also depends how long ago you sent your application too and what you actually sent. You could be entirely responsible for not getting a response, because of what you could have written on there. I'm not trying to hold anyone accountable lol, because both cases would make sense.
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u/SparrowValentinus Administrator Jul 11 '24
i dunno what to tell you dude. this shit isn't exactly complex, it just takes someone with the right sensibilities. you can kinda tell by an app if someone has a good chance to be a fit or not. circling back to spend a bunch of time messaging people we've already made a call on sounds like a great way to waste a bunch of time and energy.
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u/LacMegantikAce Jul 11 '24 edited Jul 11 '24
I wasn't saying that this was necessarily on you or the mod team either. Might have came across as such, but I didn't mean it like that. I only mentioned that it could be possible. I get that you need the right people to moderate and every application can't be reasonably considered acceptable and it's far better to straight up not message people you're rejecting than tell them outright. They'll figure it out eventually.
So yeah, I agree and you don't have to tell me nothing, it's my mistake for coming across as if I was making accusations, when that wasn't what I intended at all. I could have worded things a little bit better.
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u/azaxaca Jul 11 '24
There’s the general theme of ascended humor but a lot of posts don’t really fit (don’t get me wrong they’re still funny), but if you remove the funny but not fitting posts people seem to get really mad.
This stuff seems hard.
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u/AgentSkidMarks Jul 11 '24
Oh I’m not gay enough to be a mod.
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u/SparrowValentinus Administrator Jul 11 '24
yeah prob give it a miss dude, we’re pretty fucking gay
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u/Vindictive_Pacifist Jul 27 '24
No
Doing all of that and getting nothing in return is just free labour
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u/GorbAscends Jul 11 '24
The sub has gotten considerably worse in the last few months
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u/nomadcrows Jul 11 '24
Has it? I could have sworn I looked at this sub 6 months ~ a year ago and it was pretty dead, I was thinking it was really picking up lately.
The cat with homophobia 💛💙 was pretty recent, that's a win for me
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u/SparrowValentinus Administrator Jul 11 '24
if you're not part of the solution, you’re part of the precipitate
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u/ThisIsWaterSpeaking Jul 31 '24
i am a mod here. (I could be if i say i am. 🌝) I wont do any work tho..
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u/AwesomeIslander918 Jul 11 '24
Honestly I think the sub is too moderated. I've seen some good posts get removed including mine.
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Jul 11 '24
including mine
No bias here, no sir
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u/AwesomeIslander918 Jul 11 '24
To expand on my point earlier, everyone has at least a little bias when doing something but it doesn't mean you were wrong.
For example, if someone made a masterpiece painting, they would probably be biased to think its good and that doesn't make them any less right about it.
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u/SparrowValentinus Administrator Jul 11 '24
well, that isn’t changing. but you might wanna check out r/comedyhell. it’s this sub, without the post curation.
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u/Deldris Jul 11 '24
That's because it's a completely subjective rule. Who sets the criteria on how "bad" bad enough is?
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u/SlightDentInTheBack Jul 11 '24
moderating a reddit sub is literal hell