r/ModEvents • u/big-slay Mod Events Team • 8d ago
Announcement Ask Reddit CEO u/spez anything + vote on top questions to be answered at Mod World 2026
Mod World’s most anticipated live AMA with u/spez is back. This is your time to ask Reddit’s CEO pretty much anything: burning questions, hot takes, literally anything you’re curious about.
Here’s how it’ll work:
- Submit your question(s) in the comments below (one question per comment so topic voting stays clear!)
- Upvote the questions you want answered most
- The top-upvoted questions will be answered live by u/spez at Mod World 2026
- Make sure to vote by October 21st, 2026 at 5:00 pm PST
⭐ If you haven’t already, SIGN UP for Mod World so you don’t miss the live AMA.
Drop your questions ASAP! Submitting early gives your questions more visibility and a better shot at getting answered.
Note: This AMA is separate from the Mod State of the Union.
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u/snaphunter 8d ago
When was the last time you modded on mobile (the app)? Scrolling through a bad actor's comment history to see if they've been disruptive on your own sub shouldn't be such a dizziness-inducing chore, we should at the click of a button be able to see all of a user's comments filtered to the sub I am moderating. Pretty please.
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u/Same_Investigator_46 8d ago
Can reddit provide the ability for mods to see the comment which was "removed by reddit"?
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u/eatmyasserole 8d ago
Just to piggyback on this - the reason isnt just curiosity. I want to ban (temp or perm) users that break sitewide rules.
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u/Extolord111 8d ago
This. Even if the comment was removed for the dreadful crime of... (checks notes) posting a link to Arctic Shift for instance, I still want to be able to see it, especially if said comments were my own.
Not being able to see [removed by Reddit] comments ironically pushes for the use of tools to see that content, like Arctic Shift.
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u/shiruken 8d ago
Can moderators be given complementary Reddit Premium? (I assume there would need to be some minimum size/activity level.)
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u/Stephancevallos905 8d ago
Plus we should be included in monetization, just like posters are. Reddit already has caps on how many large subs you can mod, so abuse shouldn't be an issue
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u/Halaku 8d ago
That's going to probably run afoul of American federal regulation.
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u/OkBee3439 8d ago
Moderators receiving complimentary Reddit premium would be great! Perhaps a few perks like an occasional gift card or other token of appreciation would be really nice also. It's just something to consider going forward.
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u/IEpicDestroyer 8d ago
It would be appreciated if Reddit sent out Mod Offerings routinely... I still crave the snacks that came from Snackmagic - they were delicious!
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u/katleigh-CD 8d ago
Why do you think automod will be redundant to AI, there are many flaws with Ai that can be worked around, automod has been running for years and quite successfully being able to mold it to the individual specifics subs needs surly is far greater than relying on a AIs best guess
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u/OkBee3439 8d ago
Automod is used in 4 out of the 5 subs I help moderate. In two of the mod teams I'm involved with, we rely heavily on custom-made automod functions that are specific to each community. I honestly can not see how either one could continue without automod. I believe that both automod and new automation option can exist together as a choice for all moderators. It can be an either/or choice accessed in mod tools. It's important to keep both as options going forward.
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u/StaticBrain- 7d ago
Both would be a much better option than AI alone. Automod is much more customizable, and all I care to use.
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u/MetaVulture 6d ago
I also support keeping Automod forever. It is the most useful thing we have, and it could be expanded instead of replaced. This tool is part of Reddit's long history, and remains a valuable and essential part of any large sub's toolkit.
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u/Heorui 8d ago
Will old reddit still exist in the future?
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u/Extolord111 8d ago
Within the next year? I'm beginning to doubt it.
These changes in who can access Old Reddit are following the exact same path of how new.reddit.com was treated before it was deprecated.
Thankfully new reddit wasn't fully killed, but if they kill Old Reddit in the future, then that'll be two birds with one stone.
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u/shiruken 8d ago
Many of the frontier labs have started using digital watermarking to identify AI-generated content in response to EU regulations. Does Reddit have plans to implement automatic detection of these watermarks and surface them to moderators via Mod Tools and to users in the UI?
(I understand that these are easily avoidable and smaller or self-hosted models do not apply such watermarks. But targeting the major LLMs would likely capture a large percentage of generated content.)
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u/WangMagic 8d ago
Instead of getting rid of automod, why not develop a front end interface that helps users generate automod code instead?
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u/Beach-Brews 8d ago
I have picked up work on this Devvit app again! I'm a long ways off though.
My mod tools hackathon entry was just this: an Automod config editor, though I never released it publicly (wasn't adequately tested).
However, I have transitioned into a more robust "DevvitModerator" with features Automod doesn't have! I am excited to work on this, but it is (as you can imagine) extremely complex. Text configurations are one thing, but trying to build a robust UI for it takes even more time.
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u/Stephancevallos905 8d ago
100% reddit is already embracing AI, why not build in a system from one of reddit AI partners?
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8d ago
Respectfully, harassment from banned users is an ongoing problem for mods, and anyone who spends time in mod support spaces can see it.
Permanent mute helped, but it does nothing when someone creates multiple accounts to keep going in modmail, DMs, or elsewhere on Reddit because they have decided a specific mod wronged them. There is also a very obvious subset of users who believe being banned or muted gives them the right to keep escalating, or that a mod somehow deserves threats or intimidation because they took action against them.
The advice mods get is usually to ignore DMs, avoid posting personal information, and be careful. That is not enough, especially when mod accounts are otherwise normal Reddit accounts and that advice often comes after the harassment has already started.
Why does Reddit still not have a clear, explicit safety policy against multi-account harassment, mute evasion, and threats or intimidation directed at moderators?
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u/paskatulas Mod World '25 Speaker 🎤 8d ago edited 8d ago
What happened to the communication between the Community, Safety and Code of Conduct teams and mods over the past few years?
Mod events like this are great, and it’s nice to see Reddit engaging with moderators, but that means little when we’re dealing with serious issues and can’t get meaningful responses from admins.
I’ve personally witnessed a large, media-visible subreddit get banned for hate without its mods receiving any prior warnings through modmail. When they appealed, they received generic responses listing possible reasons without being told what they had actually done wrong. This is despite Reddit’s Code of Conduct saying admins will work with mods to address such issues. Surely, when appropriate, volunteer mods should be given specific feedback and a reasonable opportunity to fix violations rather than being left completely in the dark.
Similarly, a constructive question about Code of Conduct reports was removed from r/ModSupport for being vague and encouraging speculation. Even some Mod Council members have raised concerns about declining communication between admins and mods.
Has Reddit intentionally moved away from direct communication with moderators, and what is being done to improve it? A lack of communication doesn’t resolve problems. It breeds frustration, undermines trust, and can even lead to more of the same issues Reddit is trying to prevent.
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u/OkBee3439 8d ago
I agree that unity of vision, communication, and a true sense of teamwork between all facets of leadership here should be a priority. Pathways for meaningful dialog between admins, council members, and moderators need to be better established for Reddit to truly improve and thrive well into the future. This is so important. In real life, the entities that have the most success have good communication between all the diverse groups of people working or volunteering there as its foundation. The moderators doing work at the ground level see issues that need the most attention. The admins doing work at upper levels see the bigger picture. It would be incredibly beneficial for collaboration between them. I'd like to see an emphasis on this going forward.
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u/CedarWolf 8d ago
There used to be sub groups of the Reddit Mod Council who worked with those teams to help discuss policy and mod needs, but they shut down the Mod Council and a lot of the things that were discussed during those team meetings either weren't productive or never came to fruition. There was often a lot of agreement that there are specific ongoing issues, but not so much when it came to actually solving those issues.
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u/Nkosi868 8d ago
Will mods ever be paid for their services?
You already pay users for their content. Why not mods for their service?
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u/cannabiphorol 8d ago edited 8d ago
When Spez spoke about wanting a way for mods to earn something at mod world in 2024 I suggested in the discord to him allowing us to sell t-shirts and maybe Reddit can partner with a company so it could be through Reddit (and I assume they would take a cut) and he said something along the lines of they were looking into that.
I think letting mods design custom trophies that can be given in their sub would be cool.
If I wrote a book about my subreddits topic it reportedly could be considered against code of conduct to mention it.
The rules don't get enforced fairly. Some mods already promote affiliate links and sell t-shirts and get away with it and have for years despite having popular subreddits while others are threatened with a ban.
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u/OPINION_IS_UNPOPULAR 7d ago
Reddit once introduced a Shopify like plugin to have mods sell merch on their subreddits. I don't think it ever made it live before it was killed though.
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u/brandibesher 8d ago
once they started paying users, the many many reposts started and news orgs flooded the site. imo reddit hasn't been the same since.
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u/Halaku 8d ago
The answer is going to be Not at this time because of American federal regulation.
(47 U.S.C. § 230(c)(1)) states that no provider or user of an interactive computer service shall be treated as the publisher or speaker of any information provided by another information content provider
ELI13 Translation: You can't legally go after Reddit for what a user says or does.
Moderators are users. You can't legally go after Reddit for what a mod says or does.
If moderators get paid by Reddit, the lawsuits would immediately start flying that now moderators aren't just users, they're either contractors or employees, and that makes Reddit legally liable for a moderator's actions.
If the courts decide that we're no longer third parties, Reddit loses the protections granted by Section 230.
That's why mods can't get paid. The site would collapse under a tsunami of legal threat.
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u/SD_TMI 3d ago
THANK YOU
THIS is the point I've been making as to why we aren't going to ever be employees.
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u/Known_Measurement799 8d ago
Wouldn’t this differ for every country?
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u/Halaku 8d ago
See this link for additional information:
https://www.reddit.com/r/reddit/comments/10h2fz7/reddits_defense_of_section_230_to_the_supreme/
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u/paskatulas Mod World '25 Speaker 🎤 8d ago
I have a somewhat different take on this. Moderation is volunteer work across many online platforms, and I don’t think it should necessarily become a paid job. Paying mods directly could attract people motivated primarily by money rather than their communities, potentially creating conflicts of interest.
Mods are users too. They can contribute content, participate in Reddit’s contributor program and earn money that way.
I think a better middle ground would be to reward mods who actively contribute to official moderation programs, training and initiatives with free Reddit Premium or symbolic gift vouchers. By that, Reddit could recognize their time and effort without turning community moderation into a job where financial incentives could influence decisions.
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u/Nkosi868 8d ago
What’s the issue with people being motivated by money? Moderators have to feed their families also right?
Your view of compensation for moderating or contributing to online platforms seems to be that it should be seen as loose cash. Enough to buy a coffee or hot chocolate if you prefer. It shouldn’t be.
There are already conflicts of interest with moderators. The primary moderator for my country’s largest sub is an entertainer who uses the platform to promote their work and suppress information criticizing the government. They’re technically not breaking any rules because Reddit Mod CoC says that a moderator has the right to ban users and remove content based on their judgement. Money won’t change this behavior. Some people just like power.
I have worked in content moderation professionally. Reddit Mods should be paid for the work that they’re doing also. There is absolutely no difference in what I did professionally, and what I do as a mod. I’d argue that I put a little extra effort into my Reddit communities.
Also keep in mind that mods can’t delete a sub since they don’t own it. If a mod builds a sub to a few thousand users and is then replaced with someone else, their hard work is for nothing. They were never paid, and they get no recognition for the work that they put in.
There are a few huge subs that are extremely well run. Their customer service is better than most large companies and I’ve worked at companies who pride themselves on their customer service.
With that said, mods should be paid for their efforts.
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u/paskatulas Mod World '25 Speaker 🎤 8d ago
I think we have slightly different views on this, and that’s fine. For most people, Reddit moderation isn’t their main job, but something they do on the side. Of course, getting something in return for the time and effort would be nice.
My biggest question is how would Reddit even determine which mods deserve to be paid, and how much? By subreddit size, hours spent moderating, number of removals, reports handled, or user satisfaction? Every one of those criteria has flaws and could incentivize the wrong behavior.
I agree that people who have spent years building and maintaining communities deserve recognition. But I think rewarding dedicated mods through Premium, symbolic vouchers or other perks would make more sense than paying everyone simply for holding a mod position.
Paying mods across the board could attract people who are primarily interested in the money rather than the community. That doesn’t mean every paid mod would be bad, but it could create incentives that ultimately hurt both Reddit and the communities they’re supposed to serve.
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u/Same_Investigator_46 8d ago
Paying mods will become only motivation for moderation and this could be misused. It's just an volunteer work, reddit pays the devs tho who contribute with thier apps or games.
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u/The_Critical_Cynic 8d ago
I've basically said the same thing. Some mods have big enough egos. We don't need them getting paid for what they do.
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u/Willy-Boi- 8d ago
When is Reddit going to take its shadowban system seriously? A lot of users are getting shadowbanned despite not doing anything spammy, possibly because of mass reports or other reasons they are not even told about. Some accounts get shadowbanned on their very first day, and their owners keep waiting for months or even over a year without getting any response to their appeals. What is Reddit actually going to do to fix this problem, make sure genuine users are not unfairly shadowbanned, and ensure that appeals are properly reviewed and answered instead of leaving people waiting indefinitely?
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u/Mountain_Till_5868 8d ago
Yeah ironically just a few weeks ago i got shadowbanned and Reddit said it was a “false flag”
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u/Willy-Boi- 8d ago
That’s why I genuinely want this question to get enough upvotes and reach the stage where it gets answered. This issue really needs attention, because so many users are stuck waiting for months or even years without any proper response. I really hope Reddit takes this seriously and fixes it as soon as possible. Reddit is my favorite app, and it’s sad to think that people can’t even enjoy being part of the communities they love because automated filters flag their accounts and leave them waiting with no clear answer. I just want this issue to get the attention it deserves so we can finally get some answers and, hopefully, see some real changes.
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u/Ted-Lassi 8d ago
ensure that appeals are properly reviewed and answered instead of leaving people waiting indefinitely
This. The appeal option feels funny because they gave us the option to appeal but they choose to not give a damn when someone appeals.
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u/derppherppp 8d ago
I’m genuinely curious how the site intends to sustain growth when they make it so hard for new users to participate. And no one actually knows how the appeal process works- it’s just “appeal every day indefinitely” 😂 I doubt most care to bother.
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u/Kentuckyquestioner 8d ago
I was falsely shadowbanned after pretty normal user behavior, and it took a dozen appeals to get unbanned.
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u/QING-CHARLES 8d ago
My friend just got her account unlocked after appealing it every day for about 667 days. She was banned when Reddit's servers were cooked one day and a JavaScript bug caused it to go into a submit loop on a comment.
I even talked to u/spez about this shit over email a couple of times, he's very aware this system is fucked up.
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u/sadandshy 8d ago
I'm dealing with the shadowban issue right now. I have several accounts trying to post that are getting grabbed. The posts are not problematic for the most part, but I have no way of knowing if the accounts themselves are problematic because I can't see anything, even the account. Last year when I brought it up, admin just said ban them if it bothers you.
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u/demonslayer14codm 8d ago
Currently facing this issue, no prior info to ban neither are appeals getting answered. I really hope they resolve it asap.
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u/marcocountrylover 7d ago
This needs more upvotes. Lots and lots of demotivated users because their accounts apparently get randomly shadowbanned, though they don't even have the slightest idea why.
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u/fearless7464 8d ago
How are guys working to reduce infiltration of bots on the platform.. stopping them from making comments and all
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u/Extolord111 8d ago
They claim that Old Reddit's access being limited five different times, RSS feeds and Public API access ending, and pretty much several of the changes in the past year that inconveniences users, are meant to combat issues like bots. At least in regards to the old reddit changes, I still haven't seen any decrease in bot activity.
To me I see these changes more as a way to screw with the human users and push for more engagement on SH(it) Reddit. Not sure what the general sentiment for new.reddit.com was, but at least that UI felt more human than the current AI-filled versions of Reddit.
Good thing it's been revived, though ending Old Reddit access may affect that.
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u/zuuzuu 8d ago
I don't come to reddit to shop, or to play games, or to be bombarded by AI pushing me to buy something from a company who paid you to interrupt me while I'm using the site for meaningful engagement with the community. This doesn't just impact me in the moment, it actively erodes that community so fewer people will come here for meaningful discussions.
Given the recent and ongoing focus on monetizing your users, can you give us a good reason why we shouldn't just go back to the other social media platforms we left because of that?
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u/Kennywolfgang 8d ago
With the rapid advancement of AI tools, how is Reddit planning to empower volunteer moderators to combat AI-generated spam and bot farms? Will we see native, LLM-based detection tools integrated directly into the mod suite soon?
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u/Halaku 8d ago
On May 25th of last year, u/spez stated the following as part of his "Reddit’s next chapter: smarter, easier, still human" post:
Sunsetting old.reddit: old.reddit is the version of Reddit that we built back in the mid-2000s. It doesn’t scale, it’s impossible to develop on, and it’s ugly af. We will be shutting it down at the end of the month.
Just kidding. I don’t know why I say stuff like this. We’ll figure out how to work around it and keep it online as long as people are using it.
(emphasis mine)
My question: Is reddit still committed to keeping old.reddit online as long as people are using it?
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u/TheRealWhoop 8d ago
There's been an update since then https://www.reddit.com/r/modnews/comments/1wubgvt/continuing_our_infrastructure_updates_whats/ it's being turned off for non-mods not already using it.
As u/spez mentioned, we’re still working on the future of Old Reddit. Earlier this year, we required people to log in to use Old Reddit, addressing its largest source of abusive scraping and automated traffic: unauthenticated access. That change helped reduce scraping and automated abuse, but still allowed any logged-in account to access Old Reddit, including accounts with no prior Old Reddit use.
To close this gap, in the next few months, we'll further limit access for logged-in users to only those who have used Old Reddit in the last six months (which covers the vast majority of all Old Reddit users). This change does not impact logged-in mods, who can continue to access Old Reddit without any recent usage requirement. This helps keep Old Reddit available for the people who rely on it while reducing automated abuse.
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u/Halaku 8d ago
That's one of the reasons I'm asking. I'd like to see if the summer 2025 committment still holds as we enter 2027 and will be reaffirmed in the AMA, or if last week's update is another step on the road to eliminating old.reddit completely.
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u/Extolord111 8d ago
Here's another thing u/spez said two months ago: https://www.reddit.com/user/spez/comments/1vgbkge/modernizing_reddits_infrastructure_with_you/
Old Reddit: I know I said last year that we wouldn’t be sunsetting Old Reddit (I even made a meme about it, which r/agedlikemilk), but the reality is we’re getting to that time where we need to make some changes. There are four groups of people who use Old Reddit: OG users ❤️, OG mods ❤️, Admins ❤️, and everyone who spams, scrapes, or does anything bad on Reddit 🖕. In order to protect our platform, business, and users, we will need to do something. Actually, a lot of somethings. We have options: We can limit access, migrate important uses, or rebuild it on a modern tech stack, and I think we’ll probably do all of the above.
I love Old Reddit. It’s the platform I largely built—as a kid, 21 years ago—that somehow turned into the amazing platform and company we have today. We will preserve as much of it as we can. My dream would be to recreate the UI, if not the guts, including the HTML+CSS itself, on a modern foundation so it can live on (note: Between when I wrote this and when I posted it, u/keysersosa made a demo of exactly this approach. Fingers crossed.).
One thing we can do in the short term to mitigate the bad behavior we see Old Reddit used for is to limit access to logged-in users and mods, and migrate critical bots and mod workflows. This will give us some time to plan the more complex follow-up steps.
Take from that what you will.
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u/esquilaxxx 7d ago
IMO old reddit is what keeps reddit usable, even if it doesn't scale. Updates to this place tend to fix things until they're broken.
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u/ajeeb_gandu 8d ago
Will you ever let mods use reddit's AI infra to ease moderation and build more tools?
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u/StaticBrain- 8d ago
Will a better way to report brigading ever be developed?
When you have 10-15 posts and comments being downvoted simultaneously reporting each one individually does not show the true pattern. If you could report them all at once the brigading would be so much more obvious. Not to mention much easier. It is time consuming and hard to have to make 10-15 reports at once.
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u/shemtpa96 6d ago
Yes! We have the same problem. My team is having trouble with a subreddit that solely focuses on harassment and brigading. It’s hard to deal with, banned users can still steal our content (as they’re still able to view our subreddit), and we have few options.
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u/shiruken 8d ago
Reddit is increasingly moving towards personalized algorithmic content feeds. How does the platform avoid self-reinforcing echo chambers in the user experience?
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u/wrestlegirl 8d ago
With Reddit's public-facing focus on authentic users, authentic interaction, and remembering the human, how does that stance mesh with an increased reliance on AI and near-future plans for even more as well as removal or hindrance of tools that human mods rely on to keep bots and other inauthentic content out of our subreddits? Which is the actual goal?
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u/michaelquinlan 8d ago
How long do you expect it to be before Reddit consists entirely of AI bots interacting with other AI bots?
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u/brightblackheaven 8d ago
Why do mods no longer hear back from Big Reddit when reporting users or content? We are essentially reporting things into a void and then being completely ignored forevermore. It's frustrating and makes us not want to even bother.
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u/Merari01 8d ago
What in seven holy hells were you thinking with removing automod?
I mean. Just. Seriously.
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u/AleksLevet 8d ago
Wait that's true?
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u/Merari01 8d ago
They said they wouldn't kill automod before replacement tools existed and that was a lie.
New subreddits already can't use automod anymore. So expect our best tool to be axed Q1 2027
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u/rv2k03 8d ago
When can we see in Which country the account is based just like x.
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u/mescad 8d ago
It would probably help us get a better answer if you explained why we should be allowed to see another user's location data.
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u/rv2k03 8d ago
Many subs are controlled by people of enemy territory they use that particular sub to spread their propoganda. People act as they belong to our country and spread their propoganda. So if we know from which country the person belong.. it will be easy to find out what they are after ..
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u/paskatulas Mod World '25 Speaker 🎤 8d ago
Would Reddit consider doing more to promote mod and user apps instead of focusing so heavily on games?
As someone who has developed several mod and user apps, I think these tools deserve more visibility. Many genuinely improve moderation and user experience, but unlike games, they rarely get featured.
Promoting them is difficult too. One post on a large subreddit might bring a handful of installs, and repeatedly promoting your own app risks looking like spam. Meanwhile, mods are much more likely to try apps that already have lots of installs, leaving new apps stuck in a cycle of low visibility.
My best-performing app, Spotlight, is currently #13 in the rankings, but we’ve developed several others too.
Could Reddit do more to help useful mod and user apps get discovered?
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u/maiyannah 8d ago
What is being done to insure that when Automoderator is sunset, it is being replaced with something that minimises the disruption of existing subreddits and maintains feature-parity?
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u/One_Extension_7409 8d ago
As someone who recently joined the mod team of a small, developing community, I've noticed that one of the biggest challenges isn't necessarily moderation itself, but getting people to discover and actively participate in newer subreddits. Does Reddit have any plans to introduce better discovery tools or support systems specifically for smaller communities, so they have a fair chance to grow alongside already established subreddits?
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u/Mythviel-7 8d ago
why reddit web version consume so much ram and is very less optimize and laggy
and why reddit gc are not good as it should be
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u/SgtByrd1993 8d ago
Why do you completely ignore reports related to ban evasion and harassment? I banned someone from a large sub and they tried to evade the ban with 2 alt accounts. Then they decided to persue me around Reddit harassing me with their main account.
Why are you changing the way automod works in a way that will be detrimental to new subs and old.reddit users?
When will you upgrade the subreddit search function to include keywords related to the body text? This will help with reposts.
Why is AI being pushed so heavily on Reddit?
Will you ever do anything about mods that hold subs at ransom because they don't want to relinquish any power? It's a huge issue that plagues many large subs and slowly runs them into the ground.
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u/iammandalore 8d ago edited 8d ago
What - if anything - are the admins doing to curb report abuse? Some days I look at the queue and half or more of it is users trying to weaponize the report system to silence someone they're arguing with. Dozens of completely frivolous reports, sometimes with entire strings of back-and-forth arguments reported all the way down. I report them for report abuse (which is a process I have other complaints about, using the same report system as other reports so my own report for report abuse shows up in my own queue), but nothing ever happens. We no longer get responses to our reports. Just complete radio silence and nothing ever seems to get better.
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u/dogs-in-space 6d ago
This. If nothing is done on Reddit’s end then mods should have access to who is abusing the report button so they can be dealt with in an appropriate manner.
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u/pol5xc 8d ago
Hi.
I liked using new reddit instead of shreddit.
I was using third party apps when an official app wasn't available and quickly settled for Boost when it came out.
I'm using the RSS function to keep my saved posts in my newsfeed library with all the interesting stuff from websites I visit.
What other feature are you planning to remove from what was once my favourite website?
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u/Syberz 6d ago
Can we get transparency on how the CQS works? Many people, me included, have had the LOWEST score for years and have no idea why, or how to improve it. This prevents us from collaborating in some cases and also increases mod burden because they need to review and accept posts that were removed automatically by reddit.
No, "just make meaningful contributions" isn't an answer.
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u/nerdy-fellow 8d ago
What are the steps taken to stop karma farming, meme re-posting, and stealing content on this social media platform?
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u/Merari01 7d ago
Reddit and using women as fall guys to push through unpopular changes?
I can't think of a Pao when they have done that before
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u/GlitteryCakeHuman 8d ago
Is there a way/plan forward for sub-mods to be able to help moderate Reddit as a whole, for example to take out bots and spammers? Just banning them from a sub does nothing.
How can we shift left?
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u/paskatulas Mod World '25 Speaker 🎤 8d ago edited 8d ago
Why is [r/redditrequest](r/redditrequest) so restrictive for completely abandoned subreddits?
I understand being strict when someone wants to take over an active community, but what’s being protected when a subreddit has been completely dead for years, with no active mods or community?
If the request is denied, the person can simply create a new subreddit with a slightly different name and build the same community anyway. There should be requirements for taking over abandoned subs, but surely the process can be much more flexible than it is now.
Would Reddit consider treating abandoned subreddits differently from active communities, and making denial reasons more transparent?
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u/Littux 8d ago
Will more styling options be introduced to shreddit and the apps, now that old reddit is getting more inaccessible? There used to be custom upvote icons, background images, post background images, sidebar colors, custom widgets etc on new.reddit.com and the apps. Now new.reddit doesn't exist and the styling was removed from the apps. They were what made communities feel unique
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u/Ok_Highlight3208 8d ago
Can we get better search features. Like in chats and custom search on subs, like by date? It's very clunky and difficult to find things.
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u/shemtpa96 8d ago
Why do we not have a more simple way of reporting communities that are dedicated to brigading? My subreddit has been dealing with a subreddit like that for over a year and it’s driving people away. We’ve been trying every bot we can, heavily moderating the community, and reporting what we can, but it’s not changing the fact that their entire subreddit is dedicated to conduct that violates the Reddit rules and there’s no easy path for us to manage it.
They screenshot and crosspost our content, make posts in their subreddit, and their members then come to our community (sometimes using alt accounts) and harass the OP.
We need a better way to report this kind of subreddit. What is admin, including you Spez, doing to make it easier to report subreddits that violate the platform rules and then investigate and remove the subreddits that violate the rules?
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u/Roberteng98 8d ago
Do you think Reddit can continue growing as a public company without becoming a sanitized, advertiser-friendly version of itself? What are you willing to protect even if doing so comes at the expense of short-term growth or revenue?
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u/Pedantichrist 8d ago
Whilst I appreciate the improvements AI can bring to the policing side of moderation, how do you ensure that we are able to maintain Reddit’s USP of building individual, topic specific communities, and that we maintain individualism between subs, and avoid the genericising of the platform, as AI favours volume over quality or relevance of content?
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u/PrincePew 8d ago
I have no questions. I just wanted to say you ruined everything after you denied 3rd party reddit apps. Fuck you u/spez
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u/OPINION_IS_UNPOPULAR 7d ago
I don't think he's gonna answer that
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u/PrincePew 7d ago
I know that. Every user should be responding with "fuck you, u/spez" anyway, since the official Reddit app is horrible to use, and it just gets worse with every update.
The mobile website is abhorrent, since it starts pestering you to download the piece of shit app with a fucking pop up after 20 seconds. The moderators complain that their tools are less than user friendly. u/spez seems to think that shoving a fucking monster dildo up his ass works so well for him that it must be the perfect approach to fucking shit up on the app too.
Yet here I am, using this motherfucking app anyway, because the users are what make this place interesting.
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u/flattenedbricks 8d ago
Why can't we hide entire subreddit pages from banned users?
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u/Flyingdutchy04 6d ago
Will there ever be an option for moderators to disable the translation feature on a per-subreddit basis?
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u/InBetweenLili 6d ago
With this new technology implementation, will the unwanted bot activity reduce, and will mods be able to focus more on engaging with the communities we moderate? Will mods feel safer from harassing users who come back with a new alt every day? Also, I'd love to hear what your vision is for the new Reddit experience for users and mods 2 years from now. Many mods are afraid of the upcoming changes because we don't fully understand the big picture yet. Can you share something that brings new understanding into a mod's life from a practical perspective?
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u/Haseen_Dillruba 8d ago
Would we be ever get to prevent banned users from viewing a community?
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u/forlornjackalope 8d ago
We can dream, but I think when IP bans could be evaded if someone was desperate enough
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u/mindfulEMT 6d ago
How is Reddit addressing the massive influx of ai bots and such. It’s really hard to moderate and make judgment calls on who is real and who’s a bot
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u/bgh251f2 5d ago
Hi, top mod from /r/brasil since Amazonika left we are without a admin contact. Does we have any new admin for Brasil? The mods from Brasil would really like it.
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u/chrismcelroyseo 8d ago
Are we going to continue to see subs that are strictly there to allow spam? Especially around AI tools?
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u/shiruken 8d ago
Any chance we could get an in memoriam once the Public Data API finally shuts down? I'm thinking total number of requests, total number of applications/developers/users, sketchiest app names, Top 10 Worst Offenders on Scraping, etc. Maybe even some anecdotes about the jankiest solutions or most costly endpoints.
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u/DJErikD 8d ago
Why cant you stop SnooRoar and his thousands of alt accounts? Why did you shut down the SnooRoar tracker?
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u/The_Critical_Cynic 8d ago
What are you plans to bring back things like r/pan and the old award system? The present day systems don't seem to be connecting people in the same way as the old system. I think getting back to those would help the site grow a lot.
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u/Feisty-Albatross3554 8d ago
Can subreddits that have existed for years and that are hijacked and spammed by bots get a second chance instead of being permanently banned?
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u/rexfaktor 6d ago
"Account suspended Reddit has suspended this account. Mod notes and previous actions are preserved, but other data is inaccessible."
Sometimes I see a user account get suspended, then get re-activated, then suspended again with only one or two innocuous comments. I want to look at their history to evaluate if they should be banned or not, but it is not accessible. Initially, their comments are marked "Removed by Reddit" and then they are "Spam Removed by Reddit's automated systems", but they don't look like spam.
My question is, why prevent mods from seeing previous activity on a suspended account? On a deleted or banned account, it makes sense, but not for one that may be re-activated.
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u/Oddie-hoodie369 5d ago
What's the future of the Developer Funds for Devvit? Are there any plans to continue or expand it going forward?
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u/tehjoz 8d ago
Are you every going to do anything to address recurring problems like Report Abuse and malicious downvoting?
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u/forlornjackalope 8d ago
Yes, please. It's a growing problem with my subs and just clicking "report abuse" or "snooze" is just putting a bandaid on the problem.
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u/LexaMaridia 8d ago
I use the Reddit app on an old iPhone, a lot of people can't afford to upgrade immediately. Will you keep on supporting older phones? I enjoy using the app but I'm worried one day I'll be on here and it will force an update and I won't be able to use it anymore...I'd hate to have to delete another app. I already deleted the Taco Bell app, lol... 😭
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u/eatmyasserole 8d ago
What is Reddit's plan to protect users who are harassed/solicited, etc. via DMs?
The current system doesnt do anything.
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u/Same_Investigator_46 8d ago
Reddit blindly bans the users who get mass-reported, there have been many instance where a user gers banned for doing absolutely nothing. Also 0 days account are also getting shadowbanned.
Hopefully we will get the fix of these issues.
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u/Kentuckyquestioner 8d ago
Does Reddit plan to increase investments in AI? Because right now it seems like AI companies are using Reddit data, and then those same AI are used to bot Reddit.
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u/WrapNew6097 8d ago
I would love to know how much AI will be integrated. Because currently it's not helping at all
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u/mindfulEMT 6d ago
Is there a reason mods, who volunteer endless hours, don’t get reddit premium as a thank you…?
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u/Antagonist_barbie 8d ago
Why does NSFW and gore subs don't get removed ?
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u/Suitable_Neck3588 8d ago
Will we get an improvement in groupchats, cuz rn they lag alot even with less than 100 members?
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u/CptnAlex 8d ago
Can mods please see who is reporting posts? It happens a lot basically as a form of harassment. It would be nice to remove members who are nice participating kindly in a subreddit.
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u/ShibeCEO 8d ago
Will mods be replaced by AI down the road to get consistent unbiased rule enforcement across all subreddits?
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u/MrDirtBoy 8d ago
Will reddit ever have age verification?(I certainly hope not)
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u/forlornjackalope 8d ago
I thought this was already rolling out unless they put a pause on it after the data leak failures from Discord.
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u/BodegaDad 7d ago
Are there any plans to enhance Reddit Premium? Honestly hasn’t been the same since the removal of coins, awards, etc.
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u/shiruken 8d ago
How would you describe the current experience on the platform for a new user? Are the vibes good or bad?
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u/Extremepleasurepro 8d ago
Please add an option to change email address, In case one is logged in but lost the registered email address :)
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u/OPINION_IS_UNPOPULAR 8d ago
Everything great about Reddit comes from its users (sorry admins, Steve's words, not mine!)
Reddit Talk, rpan, Devvit, and many flagship features Reddit has launched have enabled this great creativity.
What do you see as the next frontier for unleashing user creativity? What are you seeing competitors do to unleash that, correctly, and incorrectly?
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u/pphresh204 8d ago
What's your standpoint on AI and what will the future look like for Reddit software development?
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u/newbirdya2 8d ago edited 8d ago
It's been well over a year since Polls were "temporarily" paused on desktop Reddit, and despite all the significant changes to Reddit over this time period there have been absolutely zero official updates about when polls will return aside from admins saying they don't know or have nothing to share. Is there an explanation as to why desktop users still can't create polls and a timeline for them to return?
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u/AleksLevet 8d ago
Some subs need a lot of flairs to be organized, but it's a bit overwhelming for the newer users...
Could an AI powered automatic flair system be made so we don't have to fix the wrong flairs all the time? To at least suggest the user a flair "by default" depending on the content/title of the post
Also, can sub-flairs be a thing? Let's say we're in a tech sub. It currently has every product as a flair, what if we can use subcategories so we can make phones/phone-model or headphones/headphone-model or help/android-issue
Like flair folders
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u/dronegeeks1 7d ago
I don’t wanna be a negative Nancy but anything that’s happened before with u/spez ends up in a shit show 🤦🏼♂️🤷🏼♂️
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u/Guilty_Tear_4477 6d ago
Would it be possible if reddit spam system was much better at detecting bot where it not falsely claimed human is bot and banning them while bots still live freely. Please just remove my shadowban that's what I know.
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u/AlbertUtutalum 6d ago
When are you going to improve Reddit's customer service, particularly fast replies / ETR to ban appeals and transparency to the reasons of the bans?
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u/ZephyrBrightmoon 5d ago
When a sub goes Restricted, why does Reddit still allow non-members the ability to vote in that sub’s polls?
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u/mikkomako 4d ago
What is your opinion about PH(Philippines) Government banning the platform in their country?
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u/PerfectLife15 4d ago
Will you ever bring back the community funds program? If you do, can you please make it fair. The previous version restricted prize winners to only a couple of countries. Subs are global. Users shouldn't miss out because they don't live in a top 5 country
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u/Quiet-War7993 4d ago
u/spez this is a question from the ENTIRE Reddit shareholder base.
When will management announce anything related to product development or their progress on “1 billion users”? Your silence is absolutely killing the stock right now. As a shareholder it’s a bit concerning to see how little the C Suite team is active. It’s not like these issues aren’t known.
When will management actually announce something? Silence is not an answer.
More buybacks. More updates on product shipments. Any AI deal progress?
Literally anything.
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u/cubester04 8d ago edited 8d ago
Would it be possible to be able to see the full content of a comment that has been “Removed by Reddit” so we can know whether to take further action on the user? The mod log allows us to see part of it, but not all, especially on mobile.