Hi Folks, what if we do NOT want moderation?

[u/Downtown-School-629]

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[u/DiggDejected]

If you don't want moderation, Reddit is not the appropriate platform for you.

[u/Downtown-School-629 → u/DiggDejected]

gosh, I'm so sorry-- I was not meaning to break rules, it's just people could not read the links I shared! that's all - I won't ask these types of things here anymore

[u/DiggDejected → u/Downtown-School-629]

I don't know if you broke any rules or not, and nobody is upset about your question.

That being said, Reddit, as a platform, is designed for moderation, which means if you aren't interested in moderating, Reddit is the wrong platform for your wants/needs.

[u/CoyoteLitius → u/Downtown-School-629]

Every subreddit *must* have at least one mod. Reddit will deactivate the subreddit if no mod.

That's the rules here.

It doesn't sound like the issue you are having has anything to do with whether there's a mod. Every single subreddit has a mod, and posts show up (from the mod and from others).

r/NewMods is the place you want to ask these questions. Good luck!

(I have a mostly inactive subreddit that I'm practice-modding on, my posts and comments show, as do the posts and comments of the 2-3 people who've stopped by).

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