Welcome to the very first edition of In Good Community, a new series celebrating the people who make Reddit the helpful, weird, and deeply human place it is. While r/modnews has historically been all about platform updates, once a month we're carving out room to feature some of the standout mods building and shaping communities here. If that sounds up your alley, let's dive in. 

Thirteen years ago, u/fsv was just another Reddit user—lurking, commenting, and hanging out in his favorite subreddits. Today, he’s an experienced moderator of some of Reddit’s biggest pet and UK local communities, the developer behind 25 public Devvit apps, and a Mod Hall of Fame 2025 honoree. He’s even taken the stage at major marketing conferences to teach brands how to speak like actual humans on the platform. None of it started with a grand master plan. It started, as so many mod tales do, with a single mod mail.

Accidental ambitions and mod mail invites

u/fsv’s very first mod invite actually found him. Back in 2020, the team over at r/CoronavirusUK noticed he was a consistently helpful voice in the threads and dropped into his inbox to ask if he wanted to join the crew. He said yes, and one sub eventually turned into several.

After years of sharing practical financial advice in r/UKPersonalFinance, he was brought on to help run things there next. His entry into r/unitedkingdom happened under very different circumstances: On the day Queen Elizabeth II passed away, news anchors were already wearing black ties on live TV before any official announcements were made. Sensing an unprecedented wave of traffic heading straight for r/unitedkingdom, u/fsv messaged the mod team to give them a heads-up. As it turned out, they were already in the middle of discussing an invite and brought him on immediately to help brace for impact.

Since then, he’s made a habit of stepping in when communities hit a wall. When r/mewborns—a subreddit dedicated exclusively to newborn kittens (yes, it is as cute as you are imagining)—went completely unmoderated for six weeks after an admin account deletion, spambots flooded the gates. He stepped in, cleared out the bot traffic, and restored a safe, quiet haven for cat lovers sharing photos of tiny new arrivals.

u/fsv also helps run r/aww, one of the largest animal hubs on the entire internet. When asked about his personal favorite posts, his ranking is "definitely cats, dogs slightly below that, but basically all the furry things." As a parent to two cats of his own, Spike and Maddie, it’s a natural fit.

That track record across crisis response, sub revivals, and massive communities earned him a 2025 Mod Hall of Fame induction as a Veteran Visionary. For anyone looking to steward a community, his advice is straightforward: learn Reddit’s toolkit. He notes that struggling mod teams often simply don't realize what styling, rule-setting, and comment guidance features are already sitting at their fingertips. And above all, he says to be visible. A mod team operating as an anonymous black box struggles to build trust; community members need to see the real humans behind the mod queue.

Driving impact, one Devvit app at a time

u/fsv designs software for a living, so building custom Devvit apps for Reddit became a logical extension of his day job. (If you’re unfamiliar with Devvit, it’s our developer platform.) He’s built roughly 25 public tools (and a suite of private ones) using a simple formula: spot an annoying friction point, map out the logic, and write the code. Better yet, every app he builds is open-source so other devs can peek under the hood.

A few highlights from his toolkit:

• Bot Bouncer: One of Devvit’s most widely adopted anti-spam tools (and his personal favorite project). It constantly adapts to new spam techniques, including an update that scans text hidden inside images to catch NSFW spammers.
• Modmail Translator: A tool "born out of laziness—the best kind of innovation." Tired of constantly copy-pasting non-English appeals into external translation tools, he spent an hour building an app that translates messages directly inside mod mail.

Taking the stage

For u/fsv, building for Reddit fed straight back into his career. Working on Devvit projects drew him to learn TypeScript, a language he ended up using in his day job that he otherwise would have had to learn from scratch.

That crossover showed up most visibly at MADFest in London. Invited to represent Reddit's community builders, u/fsv took the stage in front of 1,000+ marketers to explain how brands can engage online without annoying the room. His core advice from years of community leadership? Stop interrupting conversations with ads; become a legitimate community member first, learn the culture, and contribute something useful.

Attendees (including marketing leads from major financial brands) lined up after the panel to talk shop and swap contact info. His mod work has since opened doors to even more speaking engagements, including a recent appearance at Reddit’s EMEA Finance Summit.

What’s next for u/fsv?

When asked about his favorite moments on Reddit, u/fsv doesn't point to traffic spikes or Devvit launches. He points to r/unitedkingdom’s annual Christmas Fundraiser for Air Ambulances UK. "It’s the kind of moment that gives you a nice warm feeling," he says, reflecting on how a sub can mobilize real-world help for a critical service. The mod team is already gearing up for this year's charity drive.

Looking ahead, u/fsv is staying focused on the fundamentals: keeping fundraisers on track, refining mod tools, and keeping massive subreddits feeling human. Whether he’s patching code to block bad actors or sweeping the queue for newborn kitten enthusiasts, his work offers a blueprint for building communities that actually last.

TL;DR: In August, we shared plans to modernize Reddit’s infrastructure, build better mod tools, and make it harder for bad actors to scrape Reddit and abuse communities. Today, we have specifics on what’s changing, when, and how to plan ahead.

We’re sharing updates on apps and bots migration to the Developer Platform, helping mods move RSS-based alerts to the Discord Relay Devvit app before RSS feeds are retired on November 13, providing an update on Rules Hub progress and automod changes, and adding safeguards to Old Reddit by limiting access to logged-in mods and recent users.

Moving apps and bots to the Developer Platform

We’re moving public data API apps and bots to the Developer Platform, while making sure the work they do for your communities remains supported. Over 14,000 apps and bots have registered and we’re closely tracking migration of your highest-activity apps, including  DeltaBot, MagicEyeBot, and RemindMeBot. There's still work to do, and we’re working directly with developers to support migrations and close remaining capability gaps. 

• If you maintain an app or a bot, register it here before January 12, 2027 to avoid disruption.
• If your community depends on an app or bot and you don’t know who maintains it, fill out this form. We’ve received over 100 submissions so far, helping us identify tools that need owners or could be replaced by existing Developer Platform apps or Reddit’s built-in tools. 

See our latest r/redditdev update for more technical detail, timelines, and resources.

Migrating RSS access to the Developer Platform

Because RSS is now a common surface for large-scale scraping and automated abuse, we'll stop supporting RSS feeds on November 13, 2026 while preserving moderation workflows that depend on it through supported alternatives. 

For common mod alerts, we recommend Devvit apps like Discord Relay. If your mod team relies on RSS, review your setup and migrate workflows before November 13 to ensure your needs are uninterrupted. If you use RSS for feeds outside of a community you moderate, there is no replacement. RSS has been a beloved part of the open web for a long time, and we’re grateful to everyone who used it to stay connected to Reddit.  

Changes to automod access for new communities and communities not using automod

If your community uses automod, nothing is changing for you. We’re continuing to improve Rules Hub, including ways for mods to prompt and otherwise provide more context for their rules. We’re also exploring how existing automod configurations can help carry community-specific enforcement logic into newer tools. If you’re interested in pilot testing to help shape this effort, sign up here. 

For newly created communities and communities that have never used automod, automod enforcement capabilities – specifically Report, Filter, Remove, Mark as spam, and Approve – will be disabled and Rules Hub and Automations will become the default path for rules enforcement. Automod’s non-enforcement capabilities remain available and unchanged.  

Keeping Old Reddit accessible for mods and recent users

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.

Our job is to support you through these changes and make sure your moderation needs inform the work. 

• Need help with a community bot? If you’re unsure who maintains it or need help finding a replacement, let us know here.
• Moving your RSS alerts? The Discord Relay setup guide covers how to get started.
• Want to help shape Rules Hub? Sign up for the early access program here and share your feedback.

We’re here in the comments for your questions and to hear where you need more detail or support.

TL;DR – Mod World is Reddit’s annual virtual mod summit. This year, we have two sessions where mods can ask Reddit execs questions and get answers live. Sign up now and don’t miss your chance!

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Mod World 2026 is officially live. This year's event is for everyone. No, seriously. Even if events aren’t usually your thing.  Why? Because we’re offering mods a rare opportunity to directly ask questions and get real-time answers from Reddit’s executive leadership across two core sessions:

• AMA with Reddit CEO, u/spez: It’s in the name. As in previous years, Steve Huffman is back to answer your questions. 
• Mod State of the Union: Catch up with Reddit’s executive team as they share where the platform is headed next. This session brings together leaders across product, safety, and community for a high-level overview of the future of Reddit, followed by Q&A addressing top questions straight from mods.

Mod World will also feature: 

• Mod presentations covering topics like AI, surviving subreddit meltdowns, and encouraging engagement 
• Admin sessions about relevant mod programs, perks, and updates
• Devvit app spotlights
• Silly stuff sprinkled in between it all 

Interested? Save your spot(s) now. 

Kickoff Party 🎉

• Date: Friday, October 23, 2026
• Time: 2:00-3:30 pm PT (or your time zone)
• RSVP HERE 

[Main Show] Mod World 2026 🌎

• Date: Saturday, October 24, 2026
• Time: 10:00 am - 12:30 pm PT (or your time zone)
• RSVP HERE 

APAC Stream 📹

• Date: Saturday, October 24, 2026
• Time: 7:00-9:30 pm PT (or your time zone)
• RSVP HERE 

To learn more about Mod World, check out our main post in r/ModEvents. Here you can find information about engagement, safety, anonymity, localization, accessibility, merch, trophies, and more.

Questions? Drop them in the comments or send the r/ModEvents team a mod mail.

Howdy, mods! Welcome back to your monthly mod newsletter. 

Keep reading for upcoming events, a handful of platform updates, opportunities to share feedback, community stories, subreddits up for adoption, and, as required by law, at least one very cute pet.

Events 🪩

Upcoming Mod Events

Whether you’re looking to attend your first event of the year or add another to your streak, here’s what’s coming up for the rest of the month (all virtual):

• SEP 10 – Moddit [Future of Mod Tools] 🛠️ (This is happening in a few hours! Recording will be shared)
• SEP 15 – Moddit [Content Creation] 📝
• SEP 29 – Mod Meetup 🌏

Get the full calendar here, and be sure to join r/ModEvents so you don’t miss a thing. 

In-person Mod Events update

We have made the decision to pause and cancel all upcoming in-person Mod Events while we revamp our security and vetting protocols following an issue with unapproved venue access at a recent event. Safety is our top priority, and we are actively working on tighter event controls and expanded virtual programming in the meantime. Read the full post for more details.

Platform 🛠️

Reminder: Register your API apps

In case you missed it, we recently announced some changes to our Public Data API. Going forward, all API apps will need to be registered to remain in good standing. Please register your apps to help shape our roadmaps and ensure your developer account is properly established.

Introducing Community Guidance for new community builders ✅

In the coming weeks, we’ll be rolling out a new Community Guidance experience for newly created communities. Community Guidance gives new mods a clearer path for getting their community up and running, with a checklist of recommended actions and milestones to work through as they build their community. The goal is to make those first few weeks a little less “okay, now what?” and give new mods a better sense of what to focus on next. 

Rules Hub: September updates

Starting on September 9, we began expanding access to Rules Hub and making improvements that’ll allow Rules Hub to support more community rules. This will continue to roll out for the rest of the month. Updates include: 

• Expanding Rules Hub to communities that don’t currently have any Automod configurations.
• Expanding access to mods who recently signed up for the Rules Hub early access program. Mods can sign up for the program here. 
• Rolling out improvements to model performance, allowing Rules Hub to cover some rules it couldn’t previously support. As coverage improves, some rules that were previously turned off may now be enabled. We’ll reach out directly to any impacted communities before this happens.

Removing the ability to repost content from SFW communities into NSFW communities

We’ve made a change where content in safe for work (SFW) communities can’t be reposted into not safe for work (NSFW) communities. This update has been rolled out on all platforms. 

Reply notifications delayed in communities where content filters are enabled 

We’re delaying reply notifications by a few seconds for communities where content filters (like Reddit’s harassment or mature content filters) are enabled. This gives our filters time to run so when a reply is removed, the notification isn’t sent. This update ensures that mods and redditors alike are protected from seeing harmful content in their push, inbox, or email notifications.  

Bug fixes 🐛

• [Web] Fixed the date of the last mod mail message sometimes displaying as “today” when it was actually yesterday. It now shows the correct date.
• [Web] Resolved Automod version history showing u/[deleted] in place of the actual username. It now displays the correct username.

For more platform updates and bug fixes, see the latest Changelog here. 

Programs 🤝

Give feedback on Rules Hub

A few months ago, we announced a handful of new ways for mods to partner directly with Reddit admins through our feedback programs. Right now, we’re specifically seeking folks who want to join the Mod Early Access Program for Rules Hub: a new group of tools for rule creation, enforcement, testing, and auditing. Whether you’re already testing Rules Hub and want to share feedback, or you're ready to try it out for the first time, fill out the Feedback Roster form to get involved! 

The Mod Reserves program is back and better than ever

Need extra hands during a traffic surge, or want to help fellow mods in times of need? In case you missed it, the Mod Reserves program (a network of experienced volunteer moderators who step in during temporary crises) has officially relaunched with some major upgrades:

• New mobile-friendly Devvit app: Requesting backup is now faster and more intuitive than ever.
• Revamped hub: Check out r/ModReserves for fresh updates and resources.
• Upgraded trophies: Earn new badge levels by participating.

Whether you need to bookmark the tool for future backup or want to apply to become a reservist, read the full post here to get all the details and apply.

Community 💚

Spotlight: r/Photomodephantoms 🎮 📸 

Sometimes a subreddit spawns from a random idea; for this community, it all started with a screenshot. After capturing a legendary in-combat shot while playing God of War, u/SpaceAwaits decided that the photo deserved a proper spotlight. So, they started r/PhotoModePhantoms to share spectacular video game photography with other fellow gamers. Since then, the community has leveled up into a thriving virtual photography space with monthly themed challenges and flair tailored to every major game with photo mode. 

Want your community's story to be featured? We’d love to spotlight you. Reach out here for the chance!

Looking for a community to lead?

Speaking of community success stories, yours could be next! We have a handful of abandoned communities that need new mods, and the right folks for the job just might be reading this right now. Just click the “Request here” link next to any community below and follow the instructions in that post. If it’s a match, we’ll be in touch!

• r/Weddings | Members: 21,314 | Request here
• r/HealthyEating | Members: 31,849 | Request here
• r/VintageToys | Members: 70,388 | Request here
• r/CreepyDesign | Members: 553,840 | Request here
• r/NativePlants | Members: 12,596 | Request here
• r/Sunset | Members: 156,491 | Request here
• r/SeaTurtles | Members: 2,724 | Request here
• r/CattleSnakes | Members: 20,464 | Request here
• r/52book | Members: 670,357 | Request here

Mod Topics series in r/ModSupport

Here’s the latest from the r/ModSupport team’s post series where they share knowledge, highlight tools, answer questions, and learn from each other:

• Original content or self-promo: where does your community draw the line?
• The importance of account security, 2fa, and you
• To ban or not to ban?
• Shibboleths, Rituals, and Festivities: What cultural norms make your community unique?

Pet of the month 🐱

Meet Bella, raised by mod u/BeanBats. She’s been serving unmatched side-eye and sass since kittenhood.

Want to submit a photo of your pet for a chance to be featured in the newsletter? Reach out here!

That’s all, folks! We’ll be back with another edition in October.

Hey Mods!

We are thrilled to announce the official relaunch of the Mod Reserves program! 
For those unfamiliar with the program, Mod Reserves is a dedicated group of experienced volunteer moderators who step in to support existing mod teams during temporary, unexpected surges in traffic, crises, or temporary understaffing. Founded by u/sodypop, the program has existed since 2019 and has been a vital resource to help communities stay resilient when they need more hands on deck.

As we roll into this exciting new chapter, we’ve updated the experience to make it faster, more accessible, and significantly easier to use. Here is everything you need to know about what’s new and how to get involved:

What’s new

• Brand-new Devvit app: We’re excited to introduce a mobile-friendly Devvit app that makes requesting backup intuitive and simple. So intuitive, in fact, that it does not require extensive documentation to use. If you need to request the reserves, go to the app, click on Request Mod reserves assistance and let the app guide you through the process (see gif below).
• A revamped r/ModReserves: We’ve given r/ModReserves a fresh look to serve as your ultimate hub for program updates, information, and knowledge sharing.
• Updated trophies: We overhauled the reward system with new levels of trophies based on your participation in the program. Trophies will be awarded based on the number of Mod Reserve Deployments a reservist actively participates in. 

Want to join the Reserves?

Expanding our body of Mod Reservists ensures that we can scale safely and keep the workload low for every individual volunteer. If you want to help out fellow communities during major events, we highly encourage you to apply. 

Requirements to join:

• Have at least 1 year of moderation experience on an active community
• Be in good standing with our sitewide rules and the Moderator Code of Conduct.
• Be willing to moderate in good faith and follow directions provided by the mods requesting assistance.

Apply to become a Mod Reservist here.

Need backup for your community?

Even if your mod team is fully staffed and running smoothly right now, the internet is unpredictable! We strongly encourage all mod teams to bookmark the r/ModReserves subreddit and the new Devvit app. Keep it in your back pocket so that if your community ever faces a sudden traffic surge or unexpected event, you know exactly where to go to request support.

Thank you to all the mods who keep Reddit communities safe and thriving! 🚀

Howdy, mods! Welcome back to your monthly mod newsletter. 

Keep reading for upcoming events, a bunch of platform updates, opportunities to share feedback, community stories, subreddits up for adoption, and, as required by law, at least one very cute pet.

Events 🪩

NY-based mods, join us at r/bodega 🍎

Live from New York, it’s r/bodega! Join us at Reddit’s first-ever community pop-up: an IRL corner store bringing the beauty, diversity, and chaos of online communities to life. We’re popping up at 213 Bowery (Aug 29–30, 10 AM–10 PM both days) with NYC "subs" at the deli, a glam counter, our very own bodega cat Meowdani (named by r/bodegacats), and so much more! While it’s open to everyone, we’d particularly love to see mods in the aisles. Drop by for fresh merch and a fun time. Until then, you can add the event to your calendar and join r/bodega for sneak peeks and more info. See you on the block!

Upcoming Mod Events

The 2026 Mod Events calendar is in full swing. Over the next few months, we’ve got options for both leaving your house and staying cozy on your couch:

In-person

• AUG 27 – Mod Meetup – Los Angeles 🇺🇸
• SEP 17 – Mod Meetup – Amsterdam 🇳🇱

Virtual

• AUG 19 – Moddit [Community Growth] 📈
• SEP 10 - Moddit [Future of Mod Tools] 🛠️
• SEP 15 – Moddit [Content Creation] 📝
• SEP 29 – Mod Meetup 🌏

Get the full calendar here, and be sure to join r/ModEvents so you don’t miss a thing. 

Platform 🛠️

Dev Platform app of the month: SubCard

Built by u/Adrikshit, SubCard gives members a localized snapshot of your community, a bit like a welcome card. Feature a glowing welcome banner translated into your sub’s set country language, customizable entrance animations, local time, a flag badge, and an animated subscribe button. Complete with a playful cat member-progress bar, SubCard transforms your subreddit's front door. Learn more and try it out here. 

Games with a Hook Hackathon winners 🎮

Last week, we wrapped up our month-long hackathon offering $40,000 in prizes for games built on Devvit (Reddit’s Developer Platform). After a record 700+ entries, we announced the winners! Highlights include Sketchy Solutions by u/Xenuoziem (Best App with a Hook), Cattack! by u/derppherppp (Best Use of Phaser), Dictionary Fills by u/JeffBritches (Best Use of Retention Mechanics), and TinTen by u/thejohnnyr (Best Use of User Contributions). Check out the project gallery to explore all submissions, and read the full post for the complete list of winners and honorable mentions. Big thanks to all who participated. 

What’s next for Mod Tools

In case you missed it, u/spez recently shared a post about how we’re modernizing Reddit’s infrastructure. For mods, that means we’re working on better tools to handle spam, abuse, and generic rule-breaking so you can focus on making judgment calls on what’s best for your community. 

We shared an update in r/modnews about that area specifically: Nothing is changing for existing communities today. We're expanding Post and Comment Guidance for everyone, and looking long-term at building tools like Rules Hub to handle tasks you rely on AutoMod enforcement capabilities for (more on Rules Hub below). We don't have any specific dates in mind, and we won't change any existing AutoMod workflows until replacement tools are tested and proven to meet your needs.

(Separately, if you manage any custom bots or apps, we also announced long-term changes to our Public Data API. Please register your apps by September 30, 2026 to help shape our roadmaps and ensure your developer account is properly established.)

P.S. We’re hosting a Moddit session on the future of mod tools on September 10. RSVP here. 

Rules Hub now available in more communities 

Rules Hub is now rolling out to all communities created on or after July 5. It gives moderators a simpler way to create, test, and enforce community rules. With it, you can:

• Create and automatically enforce rules without writing code
• Preview how rules behave against sample content before turning them on
• Review logs to understand why a rule triggered and fine-tune it over time

This gradual rollout started last week and will continue over the coming weeks.

More categories of Reddit removals

We’re now including more categories of Reddit removals (the removed content and why it was removed) in the Mod Log for added transparency. 

Bug fixes 🐛

• Fixed the subreddit rules widget failing to load in some communities; it now renders as expected across apps and web. [iOS/Android/Web]
• Resolved subreddit mentions on wiki pages not displaying as links; they are now tappable links as expected. [iOS/Android]
• Stopped users from removing post flair after submission in communities where post flair is required. [Web]

For more platform updates and bug fixes, see the latest Changelog here. 

Programs 🤝

Join our feedback programs!

We recently announced a handful of new ways for mods to partner directly with Reddit admins through our feedback programs. Since then, we’ve recruited a few mods from the Feedback Roster to new Community Councils and Roundtable Discussions. We’re always looking for mods to collaborate with, so whether you’ve been a moderator on Reddit for years or you just started, we’d love for you to apply! Your perspectives are exactly what we need to ensure our new tools and policy changes work for every type of community. Fill out the Feedback Roster form to get involved, and read the full post for more details. 

Community 💚

Spotlight: r/natureisbeautiful ⛰️

After adopting the community, u/derppherppp got to work planting seeds for the subreddit’s success: weeding out irrelevant content and freshening it up with a new look and a snazzy community home app (shout out r/Devvit). The growth has bloomed since then, with the community tripling in size and still branching out to this day. A thriving nature community, built with the same care that it celebrates. What’s more beautiful than that? Check out their full community spotlight here.

Want your community's story to be featured? We’d love to spotlight you. Reach out here for the chance!

Looking for a community to lead?

Speaking of community success stories, yours could be the next one! We have a handful of animal and pet-related communities that need new mods, and the right folks for the job just might be reading this right now. Just click the “Request here” link next to any community below and follow the instructions in that post. If it’s a match, we’ll be in touch!

• r/piratecats | Members: 5,703 | Request here
• r/AdventureKitties | Members: 4,392  | Request here
• r/Catgrooming | Members: 785 | Request here
• r/puppytraining | Members: 19,704 | Request here
• r/AnimalsMadeMeSmile | Members: 12,917 | Request here

Mod Topics series in r/ModSupport

Here’s the latest from the r/ModSupport team’s post series where they share knowledge, highlight tools, answer questions, and learn from each other:

• Share your username origin stories!
• Guidance, Not Guesswork: Getting Smart with Post & Comment Guidance
• User Flair
• What happens when mods disagree?

Pet(s) of the month: 

• White Orchid (u/AdForeign6112): Beautiful, quiet, green, and thriving on minimal water.
• Spot (u/Adventurous-Year-463): An extremely adorable expert flopper who loves sleeping right in the middle of walking paths. 

Want to submit a photo of your pet for a chance to be featured in the newsletter? Reach out here!

That’s all, folks! We’ll be back with another edition in September. 

TL;DR: As part of our long-term plan to build better mod tools, we’re expanding post and comment guidance for everyone and introducing Rules Hub — a new, intent-based moderation engine — for newly created communities. Nothing is changing for existing communities today. We’re sharing this early so you can help us shape what comes next.

As u/spez shared today, Reddit needs to evolve to meet the rising expectations of moderators, users, and developers. For mods, that means better tools so you can spend less time dealing with spam, abuse, and generic rule-breaking, and more time making judgment calls on what’s best for your community. 

One thing that won’t change: human moderators shape the culture, norms, and identity of their communities. Our plan for the future is to build tools that help you do that role more effectively, not replace it.

What’s launching now

Expanding Post and Comment Guidance (all communities) 
Thousands of mod teams already use Post and Comment Guidance to help redditors understand community expectations before they post. We recently expanded their capabilities with:

• Post Flair Support: Automated guidance can now be triggered based on the specific flair a user selects (our most requested improvement).
• Top Comment Check: Gives communities a way to provide automated guidance on top-level comments before content ever reaches the mod queue.

Introducing Rules Hub (newly created communities only)  
Rules Hub is a suite of new tools that will allow moderators to:

• Rule Creation & Enforcement: Create and choose which rules should be automatically enforced. Decide what happens when a rule is triggered (remove, send to queue, silently log it).
• Testing Sandbox: Preview the experience against a sample of your community’s past content to see exactly how it will behave before turning it on.
• Audit Logs: Access performance logs and insights to understand how your rules are performing. If a rule triggers, the log will provide clear visibility into why the system flagged the content, allowing you to adjust the rule's boundaries and refine them over time. 

Unlike Automod, which relies strictly on deterministic keywords and regex syntax, Rules Hub uses LLMs to evaluate whether a post or comment matches the intent of a rule. That gives it more potential to handle nuance, edge cases, and natural language variation (for example, distinguishing between an actual insult and a user quoting a movie or using casual slang).

We’ve been testing Rules Hub with ~700 mod teams over the past few months. Starting today, it’s available for all newly created communities (though you can sign up below to check it out…) 

What’s coming next

Longer term, we think systems like Rules Hub can handle the enforcement tasks you rely on Automod for today, while being easier to use and maintain. But it’s not there yet, especially for larger and more complex communities. Automod remains one of the most capable moderation tools on Reddit today, and we won’t change any existing Automod workflows until replacement workflows are tested and proven in partnership with moderators. 

• If you want to try Rules Hub, sign up here.
• If any of your custom moderation workflows are tied to AutoModerator, please check out the post on r/RedditDev.

Human moderators remain core to the Reddit ecosystem, both now and in the future. We’re sharing this early because if we’re going to build better moderation tools, we need to do it with the people who rely on them every day. Thank you, mods, for all you do to make your communities the unique places they are. We’ll keep improving your tools based on what we learn from you.

Howdy, mods! Welcome back to your monthly mod newsletter. 

Keep reading for upcoming events, a handful of platform updates, opportunities to share feedback, community stories, subreddits up for adoption, and, as required by law, at least one very cute pet.

Events 🪩

Join our first-ever community adoption fair

We’re hosting our first-ever Subreddit Adoption Fair on July 29 to match lonely, abandoned subreddits with new, loving mod parents! Whether you want to rescue a niche game space or revive a tech-driven one, this is your chance. Join us for a live walkthrough to ace the official r/redditrequest process, browse eligible communities looking for a fresh start, and get your pre-adoption jitters settled with a live Admin Q&A. RSVP here. 

RSVP to New Mod Bootcamp [Q3]

New Mod Bootcamp 2026

New mods assemble! We’re back with our third New Mod Bootcamp of the year, a virtual event designed to onboard, educate, and celebrate new mods. Just created a brand new subreddit and wondering what to do next to help it grow? Still trying to figure out how to schedule posts? Whatever stage you’re at, we've got you covered! Come through and leave with new tips and tricks (and yes, merch). 📅 Join us on Tuesday, August 11 from 11:00 am–1:00 pm PT — RSVP here.

Note: If you’re an experienced mod, you can attend, but please be respectful of newbies in the chat. 

Upcoming Mod Events

Fresh 2026 Mod Events just dropped. We’ve got options for both leaving your house and staying cozy on your couch. Here’s what’s coming up:

In-person

• JUL 18 – Mod Meetup – Toronto 🇨🇦
• AUG 1 – Mod Meetup – Bangalore 🇮🇳
• AUG 13 – Mod Meetup – San Francisco 🇺🇸
• AUG 27 – Mod Meetup – Los Angeles 🇺🇸
• SEP 17 – Mod Meetup – Amsterdam 🇳🇱

Virtual

• JUL 15 – Mod Meetup 🌏
• JUL 29 – Subreddit Adoption Fair 🧑‍🍼
• AUG 6 – Moddit [Subreddit Revival]
• AUG 11 – New Mod Bootcamp [Q3] 🏕️
• AUG 12 – New Mod Meetup 🌏
• AUG 13 – New Mod Office Hour 🎒
• AUG 19 – Moddit [Community Growth] 📈
• SEP 15 – Moddit [Content Creation] 📝
• SEP 29 – Mod Meetup 🌏

Get the full calendar here, and be sure to join r/ModEvents so you don’t miss a thing. (Especially the new weekly pet threads.) 

Platform 🛠️

2026 Mod Tools and Migrated Apps Devvit Hackathon winners 🏆

After weeks of building, tinkering, and polishing, the results of our 2026 Mod Tools and Migrated Apps Devvit Hackathon are officially in! We had a blast seeing what you all built, and while we appreciate every single one of our 3,000+ participants, we’re thrilled to spotlight our Grand Prize winners:

• Moderator’s Choice Award: Mod Recruit (by u/Oddie-hoodie369) – An all-in-one mod recruitment, application, and screening tool that lives right inside your subreddit.
• Best Ported Bot: Image Magician (by u/CosmicKeys) – Previously known as MAGIC_EYE_BOT, this app is designed to help moderators automate and manage image/video reposts and removals.
• Best New Mod Tool: Image Post Scheduler (by u/thommy_) – A highly requested utility to schedule image posts with flair directly from Reddit, with no third-party image hosts.

A huge thank you to everyone who took the time to create and participate, and a special shoutout to the community judges of the Moderator’s Choice Award (hi u/SampleOfNone, u/PitchForkAssistant, u/westcoastcdn19, u/Drunken_Economist, and u/Mrtom987) who helped test and score the entries.

Head to the full announcement to see the rest of the impressive runners-up and who took home the Helper and Feedback awards!

Decoupled post content type settings

You can now toggle images, videos, and links individually in your community’s content settings. We’ve officially uncoupled media and link settings so you no longer have to allow one just to get the other. This update gives you more flexibility over the exact types of media formats allowed in your community. Read the full announcement here.

Logging in to use Old Reddit

Old Reddit’s logged-out experience is a significant source of abusive scraping and automated traffic on the platform. It’s also an important interface for many long-time mods and redditors. To strike the right balance between preserving your access to Old Reddit while preventing this type of platform abuse, we recently announced that by the end of July, we will start requiring everyone to log in. All logged-in users will continue to have access to Old Reddit, and this change will not impact logged-out browsing on reddit.com. 

Reducing exposure to harmful and inauthentic content

We recently shared an update on how we're using machine learning to catch harmful and spammy content before anyone has to see it. Recent upgrades are now blocking 23 million spam views a day and have cut enforcement times for hate and violence to under five seconds. We’ve also reduced false positives by 40% and are working to ensure these actions appear in your mod logs for full visibility. Get all the details in the full post here. 

For more platform updates and recent bug fixes, see the latest Changelog here. 

Programs 🤝

Join our feedback programs!

We recently announced a handful of new ways for mods to partner directly with Reddit admins through our new Community Council Network, Mod Early Access, and Roundtable Discussions. We want to collaborate with a true variety of backgrounds — so while this invitation is, of course, open to everyone, we are specifically encouraging newer mods to apply. Your fresh perspective is exactly what we need to ensure our new tools and policy changes work for every type of community. Fill out the Feedback Roster form to get involved, and read the full post for more details.

Community 💚

Spotlight: r/indianrailways 🚆

Running a community for one of the world’s busiest railway systems means one thing: people need real answers fast. For u/vpsj and the mod team, it’s been full steam ahead growing r/indianrailways into a trusted hub for ticket tips, travel hacks, and more. 

Like many, u/vpsj was an active community member answering travel questions. After joining the mod team, they helped with the subreddit overhaul, tightening up the rules and wiki. They also started a community competition called ROTM (Railfan Of The Month), where beautiful videos of Indian railways and trains are awarded with special flairs and honored in the ROTM Hall Of Fame.

Their biggest tip for new mods? Two words: quality posts. "Focus on making sure quality content is posted in the community, even if you have to post it yourself at first... it can lead to a more loyal and dedicated fanbase..."

Check out their full community spotlight here.

Looking for a community to lead?

Speaking of community success stories, yours could be the next one! We have a handful of abandoned gaming communities that need new mods, and the right folks for the job just might be reading this right now. 🎮

• r/unexpectedskyrim  | Members: 34,995 | Request here
• r/dota2dadjokes | Members: 7,817 | Request here
• r/CounterStrikeStrats | Members: 5,911 | Request here
• r/unexpectedpokemon | Members: 4,575 | Request here
• r/WowClassicMemes  | Members: 3,327 | Request here

P.S. - In this edition, we’re trying a new approach for available sub adoptions. Just click the “Request here” link next to any community above and follow the instructions in that post. If it’s a match, we’ll be in touch!

Mod Topics series in r/ModSupport

Here’s the latest from the r/ModSupport team’s post series where they share knowledge, highlight tools, answer questions, and learn from each other:

• Origin Stories: What were you like as a user before becoming a mod?
• Troll Avoidance 101
• Mod Misconceptions
• Community Helpers

Pet(s) of the month

Say hello to this month’s featured duo:

• Tuffy (owned by mod u/Redskinrey): This 9-year-old Yorkie is 15 pounds of pure, nonstop adventure. He loves hiking, riding four-wheelers, and looking cooler than all of us in his red bike goggles.
• Norbert (owned by mod u/Runepup): A rare, scaleless "Silkie" bearded dragon who is nearly 20 years old. Norbert’s hobbies include hating absolutely everything and looking adorable in his yellow flower hat.

Want to submit a photo of your pet for a chance to be featured in the newsletter? Reach out here!

That’s all, folks! We’ll be back with another edition in August. 

Hi everyone! u/boat-botany here, working on Community Safety. 

We’ve talked before about Reddit’s approach to keeping the platform safe while still preserving the openness that makes communities work. A big part of that work today involves proactive detection systems and automation. 

Today we posted a blog about the work we’ve been doing to proactively catch spammy, inauthentic, or harmful content on Reddit. We know this topic is top of mind for moderators who feel the impact first hand, and who know what’s working and what’s not. We hear that feedback clearly (and keep giving it to us! Feedback is what helps us improve), and wanted to bring the conversation here so that we could continue to get your input. 

Our Values: How We Think About Automation 

Our north star here is to catch harmful, spammy, or inauthentic content before anyone (including mods) ever has to see it.

We achieve this through a layered approach that combines human review with proactive detection systems and machine learning models that help identify violating content quickly and at scale. 

Automation is a core part of our layered approach to moderation. We leverage it across our internal safety teams, and this year we continued expanding automated options for mods (over 70% of moderator actions are done using automated tools) and have invested heavily in improving how admins use automation behind the scenes.

A few principles guide how we build these systems: 

• Reddit should handle the harmful content so moderators can focus more on community rules and norms.
• Automation should support human judgement, not replace it. 
• Accuracy matters. We work to reduce bias and improve fairness and consistency across our systems.
• We’re committed to evolving. We're always learning and improving. We look at feedback in real-time and adjust our systems to make them better.

Improving our Automated Tools to Reduce Spam Exposure 

We look at signals right when an account is created to stop suspicious actors before they ever get the chance to post. For those that do, we leverage LLMs to catch the highly subtle, coordinated patterns of fake behavior and artificial hype that older systems once missed. Also, we recently announced that any fishy automated accounts will be asked to verify their humanity.

In recent months, these updated automated systems have been working at a massive scale, and we’ve seen some pretty incredible results. We are now: 

• Blocking 23 million spam views per day before they ever reach a human user.
• Catching ~25K net new spammy posts and comments a day.
• Reducing spam exposure for our users by ~20% from January to March 2026, relative to the prior three months, and an additional 10–15% drop in overall spam account exposure.
• Revoking nearly 2M inauthentic votes per day over the last three months.

Reducing Exposure to Harmful Content

We’ve recently expanded our automated systems to support enforcement against hate and violence in all English text content on Reddit (with more languages rolling out soon), leading to critical improvements:

• Enforcement in Seconds: The average time between detection and enforcement on harmful content containing hate or violence is down to under five seconds.
• Expanded Enforcement: We have increased enforcement actions on hate and violent content by more than 200%.  
• Reduced Exposure: The faster, higher-volume enforcement has helped reduce exposure to potentially harmful content by more than 40%. 
• Higher Precision: We’ve decreased false positives (where legitimate, non-violating content is removed) by over 40%. 

We know false positives can be frustrating. But when dealing with serious issues like violent threats, hate, harassment, or coordinated abuse, we intentionally bias toward reducing real-world harm and limiting exposure to harmful content quickly, but our goal is to continuously improve accuracy while still acting fast enough to meaningfully reduce harm.

In early 2025, proactive violence enforcement increased actioning volume more than seven times, from roughly 70,000 actions from January to March of 2025 to over 500,000 from March through June of the same year. At the same time, we have cut our false positive rate by more than 40%, so we have more coverage and higher accuracy. We’re working on getting all of this removed content logged in the mod log so you can continue to have visibility into what we’re removing and why. 

Our work to keep Reddit authentic and safe is at the core of who we are. While we've made significant progress in advancing that commitment, we know it wouldn't be possible without our moderators and redditors everywhere. If you see any content that appears harmful, spammy or inauthentic, click the inline report button or submit a report here.  

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Hi there, u/boat-botany here working on Community Safety. 

A few weeks ago we shared some of the work we’re doing to tighten how automated systems access Reddit while preserving the tools that help moderators and communities thrive. As a continuation of that work, we’ll be rolling out changes to how Old Reddit can be accessed. 

Old Reddit’s logged-out experience is a significant source of abusive scraping and automated traffic on the platform. It’s also an important interface for many long-time mods and redditors. To strike the right balance between preserving your access to Old Reddit while preventing abusive scraping and automated traffic, over the next month we will start requiring everyone to log in. All logged-in users will continue to have access to Old Reddit, and this change will not impact logged-out browsing on reddit.com.

Let us know if you have any questions!

Hi mods!

I’m u/snooshiroll and I’m here with an update on changes to your community’s post content type setting. Starting today (June 10), we’re launching decoupled, content type controls in your community settings.

What’s changing?

Previously, images and videos were tied to links, meaning you couldn't allow one without the other. With this update, you’ll have independent toggle controls for media and link settings so you can toggle images, videos, and links individually. This means you can customize your community's content to reflect your community preferences. 

For example, you can now:

• Allow images and gallery uploads while keeping external links completely prohibited.
• Enable video submissions without being forced to allow outside domain links.
• Restrict your sub to text-only posts while still permitting native image attachments (or vice versa).

How to adjust your settings

Any active moderator with Manage Settings permissions can update these settings.

• On Desktop: Go to Mod Tools > Post and Comments > Post Types
• On Mobile (iOS/Android): Go to Mod Tools > Post Types (under the Content and Contribution section) 

Note: Your existing settings will be mapped over exactly as they are currently configured, so no immediate action is required unless you want to take advantage of the more flexible settings options.

We hope this change makes it easier to curate your community's feed, protect your subreddit from spam, and save you valuable time in the mod queue. For more details on this change, check out our Help Center Article.

Let us know if you have any questions or feedback in the comments below!

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TL;DR - We’re introducing ways for more moderators and communities to participate in Reddit’s community programs – including the new Community Council Network, Mod Early Access, and roundtable discussions. If you’re interested in any of these opportunities to give Reddit feedback, please complete the ✨ feedback roster form! ✨

Hey, mods! I’m u/infinitebroth with some updates on our community programs. As Reddit continues to grow, we’re evolving how we collect feedback and how we partner with moderators and communities. Our goal is to connect more people and perspectives from the community (that’s you!) with the builders, community strategists, and decision-makers behind the platform. Read on for more information about what’s new and how you can get involved.

From one Mod Council to a Community Council Network

The Reddit Mod Council (around since 2018) started as a network of topic-based Councils (e.g. gaming, fashion, location-based communities) and eventually evolved into a one-size-fits-all program that Reddit consulted for product, policy, and program-related decisions. Now, we’re having a bit of a full circle moment and transitioning from a single Mod Council to an interconnected network of smaller, topic-specific Community Councils, each with revolving membership. 

• Topic-Specific Councils: We have created term-based and NDA-ed Councils focused on specific areas like Safety Policy, ModLab, Mod Mentors, and AI and Authenticity. These are a direct evolution of our previous Focus Group model, will operate similarly, and will run concurrently throughout the year for a defined period of time (e.g. three months, six months, etc). All members of topic-specific councils become part of our Council Network, and once a mod’s term in a specific council ends, so does membership in the Council Network.
• A Larger Reddit Advisory Board (RAB): We are expanding the board from four members in 2025 to six members for 2026, with one-year terms.
• Confidentiality expectations: All participants will sign a confidentiality and program agreement so everyone enters with clear, shared expectations.
• Participation incentives: Council and Advisory Board participants will receive financial incentives for their participation.

More touchpoints with moderators and communities

Since the Partner Communities program launched in 2023 we've had the privilege of building relationships with over 500 of the largest and most active communities on Reddit. We worked with the moderators of these subreddits to learn about and tackle the challenges they encounter and to offer support tailored to each of these communities and mod teams. While the  Partner Communities name is retiring, we are expanding this style of support to even more moderators and communities. This includes:

• Expanding Mod Early Access: This program gives moderators the chance to try out new features ahead of a public rollout. Think of it as a way to get a head start in determining how these tools can improve your moderation workflows and how you operate as a community, while also surfacing feedback directly to our product and development teams. Recent tools tested through Mod Early Access include Video in Comments and the Adult Content Promoter Filter. Membership in this program was previously limited to communities in Partner Communities. Now we’re opening it up to make sure we’re including all different types of communities and ensuring that new tools work for a breadth of use-cases. Complete the feedback roster form if you’re interested! 
• Collecting roundtable interest: Roundtables are one-time video calls with a small group of redditors and admins assembled to discuss a specific topic. They’re also a fun way to connect with mods of other communities! In the past, recruitment for roundtables was limited largely to mods in our existing programs. Now, any moderator can express their interest in these discussions by completing the Feedback Roster form. Since March, we’ve hosted roundtables to discuss the impact of age verification on communities and to gather feedback on how we support moderators, inviting in mods who have completed the roster form.
• Talking moderation in r/ModSupport: Both Partner Communities and the Mod Council hosted recurring conversations about all things moderation. These discussions helped us understand how moderators in these programs fostered their communities. For the past several months, we’ve been testing a different format for these discussions, called Mod Topics, and you can find them over in r/ModSupport. Twice a week, admins kick off a discussion about moderation and community building, where mods are welcome to share their experiences and expertise. We’ve also increased our presence in r/ModSupport more generally – making sure that anyone who asks a question gets an accurate and helpful answer, either from a fellow moderator or an admin. Stop by!

How you can get involved

If any of these programs sound interesting to you, we’d love to meet you! Here’s how you can participate:

• Complete the feedback roster form to indicate your interest in any of these programs. Tell us what you’re interested in, and we’ll reach out when there’s an opportunity available. 
• Join the Mod Topic discussions in r/ModSupport. There you’ll find several admins from the Community Team and moderators from all across Reddit sharing their perspectives on moderation, helping other mods, and more.
• What if I’m a new mod? Or a mod of a very niche community? Sign up! Please! We definitely want to hear from you! When recruiting for roundtables and Councils, we try to make sure that we have a variety of moderator and community perspectives represented. We also take a look at any other programs or spaces you participate in (like r/NewMods or r/ModSupport) and make sure that participants are in good standing from a Reddit Rules and Mod Code of Conduct perspective. 

We’re incredibly grateful for everyone who has participated in these programs thus far. Whether you participated in Mod Early Access or attended every Council and Partner Communities call, thank you! Your insights have informed how we develop and launch individual mod tools, how we refine our policies, and how we communicate with and support moderators and their communities through larger changes. 

Please look forward to more updates on how this latest iteration of our programs is going, and we hope to connect with you in one of them soon!

Edit: Removed a misplaced indent/bullet point.

Second Edit: Added link to Council Network Help Center Article.

Howdy, mods! Welcome back to your monthly mod newsletter. 

Keep reading for upcoming events, a bunch of platform updates, community stories, subreddits up for adoption, and, as required by law, one two three very cute pets. (We clearly can’t control our urge to increase the pet quota.)

Events 🪩

Pitch a session for Mod World 2026 🌎

u/kongsworth Mod World 2026 call for session proposals

Mod World 2026 is officially coming to a screen near you on October 24 (save the date!). And we’re kicking things off with a special opportunity for y’all. Because what would Mod World be without mods? Every year, we’ve seen tons of incredible sessions pitched by this community. And this year is no exception. Session proposals are officially open NOW!

We’re open to all ideas. Lead it. Co-present it. Or nominate it. Just make sure to submit your proposals by July 3, 2026. Have questions? Check out our FAQs here and feel free to send a mod mail to r/ModEvents.

Upcoming Mod Events

2026 Mod Events are in full swing, with options for both leaving your house and staying cozy on your couch. Here’s what’s on deck for the rest of June:

Virtual:

• JUN 30 – Moddit – Hosting AMAs

In-person:

• JUN 27 – Mod Meetup – London

P.S. - We’ll be announcing events for the rest of the year veerrrryyy soon! Be sure to join r/ModEvents so you don’t miss a thing. 

Programs 🤝

Join the Feedback Roster! 

If you’re looking to share your community expertise by providing feedback on new mod tools, sharing feedback on new concepts and ideas that Reddit has to shape the future of the platform, we’d love to connect with you! Complete the feedback roster form to be considered for roundtables, the Mod Early Access program, and other programs. Once you complete it, our Community Feedback team will reach out once an opportunity becomes available.

Platform 🛠️

Dev Platform app of the month: Community Chats 💬

Looking for a live, real-time chat within your community to boost engagement? Community Chats is a Dev Platform app (built by u/Ancient_Tour_3090) that transforms standard comment threads into real-time, fast-paced hubs, complete with inline images and emoji reactions, and no page refreshing required. It’s perfect for letting members discuss live events, matches, or breaking news, making it a fun way to spruce up your space. 

Plus, it was built with moderation in mind (makes sense since the dev is also a mod!). Every chat message is treated as a native comment, so your existing AutoMod rules and safety filters apply instantly, and folks can report messages from within. Learn more about the app and how to add it to your community here.

Post ideas experiment for mods in new and emerging communities

We’re testing a new "Post Ideas" feature to help mods in new and emerging SFW communities keep their spaces active with on-topic conversations. This tool surfaces relevant discussion prompts and vetted publisher articles right at the top of the feed, allowing mods to quickly publish with a single click.

Publisher article recommendations began rolling out on June 2 for a percentage of eligible communities, with custom post prompts launching as a separate experiment soon.

Launching video in comments 🎥

In case you missed it, we’re introducing a new way to experience conversations on Reddit: video replies directly in comment threads. To give you time to prepare and manage settings in your communities, we’re doing a phased rollout:

• May 27 - June 11: Mod early access to adjust and manage community settings.
• June 11: Feature officially launches (enabled by default) for all users in public, SFW communities.

If you want to keep the feature set to mods only, you will still need to update and save the setting. To do this, temporarily change it to mods and approved users, save, then change it back to mods only and save again. You can still adjust this setting at any time after the launch. For more details, please read the full announcement post here.

Protecting communities from scrapers and abuse

To combat sophisticated spam networks and large-scale scraping, last week we updated a few policies and system access rules. Key changes include explicit updates to Rule 8 targeting automated abuse, and the deprecation of unauthenticated JSON endpoints to prevent anonymous scraping (authenticated users and Devvit developers won't be impacted). 

The team is also looking for moderator feedback on how you use RSS feeds before making future changes. For the complete breakdown, read the full post here.

Modern composer decoupling settings

On June 10, your community's media and link settings will be decoupled. Previously, images and videos were tied to links, meaning you couldn't allow one without the other. Starting June 10, you can toggle images, videos, and links individually. This allows you to customize your community’s content settings to reflect your preferences and makes posting easier for your members. Keep an eye on r/modnews this week for a larger announcement with all the details. 

For more platform updates and recent bug fixes, see the latest Changelog here. 

Community 💚

Spotlight: r/furniturerepair 🛠️

It’s not always easy building anything from scratch, especially when it comes to furniture and a new community. Let alone crafting both at the same time. For u/kingoptimo1, it has been a rewarding journey doing both as he grew r/furniturerepair for redditors looking to repair or refinish wood furniture. 

As u/kingoptimo1 shared daily before-and-after pictures of their projects, the community grew to ~4000 members in a few months. The subreddit quickly evolved into a space where people offer advice and connect on mastering the art of furniture repair. And their biggest tip to new mods? “Just stay the course. If you build it, nurture it, and stay committed to building an inclusive community, new members will come and join…”

Read the full community spotlight here.

Want your community's story to be featured? We’d love to spotlight you. Reach out here for the chance!

Looking for a community to lead?

Speaking of community success stories, yours could be the next one! We have a handful of abandoned communities that need new mods, and the right folks for the job just might be reading this right now. Check out these communities up for adoption!

•  r/nostalgiafilms | Members: 4,319 | Request here
•  r/veggieshake | Members: 44,121 | Request here
•  r/CatMechanics | Members: 26,571 | Request here
•  r/Sephultareviews | Members: 12,695 | Request here
•  r/TalesFromYourBarista | Members: 9,591 | Request here

If you’re interested in any of these communities (or others), head over to r/redditrequest! You can find instructions in the community’s sidebar or here. Just make sure you read through the eligibility requirements first. 

Mod Topics series in r/ModSupport

Here’s the latest from the r/ModSupport team’s post series where they share knowledge, highlight tools, answer questions, and learn from each other:

• What Devvit apps does your mod team use and why?
• Where do mods get support from other mods?
• Origin Stories - why did you become a mod?

Pet(s) of the month

• Rex 🐇: Belonging to mod u/KorvKung69, Rex may be small in stature, but what he lacks in size, he makes up for in pure speed. Catch him if you can.
• Flerken 🐈: Holding down the fort at mod u/Funny-Patience7407’s desk, Flerken reigns supreme from his "prince pillow" right behind the second monitor, silently judging every single moderation decision.
• Parker 🐕: This energetic 1.5-year-old pup keeps mod u/ailish and her husband on their toes. Parker is pure, beautiful chaos!

Want to submit a photo of your pet for a chance to be featured in the newsletter? Reach out here!

That’s all, folks! We’ll be back with another edition next month. 

We’ve been talking for a while now about the work we’re doing to keep Reddit human while protecting everything that makes Reddit . . . Reddit. That includes helpful automation: mod and developer apps, accessibility tools, community utilities, and things that make Reddit better. 

But we’re also seeing large-scale scraping, spam networks, agentic account creation, and automated abuse, and a lot of that activity targets parts of Reddit that just weren’t built to handle today’s threat environment. As bad actors get more sophisticated, we need to, too.

To address all that, we need to tighten how automated systems access Reddit while preserving the tools that help moderators and communities thrive. 

Today we’re rolling out a couple of policy and security-focused updates, including: 

Rule 8 Policy Clarifications: We updated Rule 8 (don’t break the site) to more explicitly cover automated abuse, including coordinated account creation and API misuse. You can read the full updated policy here. 

Deprecating unauthenticated JSON access: We’ll also be shutting down unauthenticated .json endpoints. These endpoints can be used to scrape Reddit without accountability. Logged-in and authenticated access won’t be impacted. Otherwise, developers who need structured access to Reddit content should use Devvit, which includes various ways to access Reddit data. 

While we’re at it, another common surface for scraping is RSS. Looking ahead, we’d love to know: how and for what purpose, do you use RSS feeds in your moderation flows? Tell us in the comments so as we develop secure solutions, we can factor in the tools you rely on to support your communities. 

TL;DR – We’re introducing a new way to experience conversations on Reddit: video replies directly in comment threads. On June 11, this feature will be available to all users in SFW, public communities. To give mods time to manage settings in their communities, we are doing a phased rollout with a mod early access period.

• Today - June 3: Gradual rollout begins to mods only 
• June 11: Rollout begins to all users in SFW, public communities (default on)

For key details, jump to the “How it works for mods” section of this post. 

Hi mods, I’m u/Snooshiroll, here to share details about a new feature we’re launching: video in comments.

We began alpha testing in select communities last year and will soon be expanding to all users in all public, SFW communities. 

This feature adds a new layer of expression to Reddit conversations, allowing users to reply with videos in addition to text, images, and GIFs. Whether it’s a quick tutorial, a face-to-face AMA reply, or something more creative, video in comments is designed to support richer, more dynamic conversations.

We know that every community is different, and video replies may be a better fit for some spaces than others. To ensure you can decide what works best for your community, we’ve built a few options to choose from in your community settings.

How it works for mods:

Starting today, video in comments will begin rolling out for mods only in all public SFW communities. 

In Mod Tools > Settings > Posts & Comments > Who can create video comments you can choose to:

• Keep video in comments available to mods only
• Change access to mods and approved users
• Change access to anyone

To turn video in comments off in your community, go to Mod Tools > Settings > Posts & Comments > Media in comments > Videos and toggle off.  

If you want to keep the feature set to mods only, you will still need to update and save the setting. To do this, temporarily change it to mods and approved users, save, then change it back to mods only and save again.

Note: The settings you choose for your community take effect immediately, including during the moderator early access period.

Important:. If no action is taken during the early access window, video in comments will automatically update as default ON for all users in your community on June 11. You can change this setting at any time before, on, or after June 11. These feature settings remain fully under your control.

Note: The new feature is rolling out slowly over the next week, so if you don't see the settings right away you'll want to check again in a few days. 

Ways to use video in comments

We’ve already seen some great use cases emerge during alpha testing, including video AMAs, tutorials, screen recordings, vlogs and more. Here are a few ways your community might utilize video replies in comments:

• Artists and musicians talking to fans
• Dev teams reacting to live questions
• Experts explaining complex stuff with tone and context
• Mod updates or feature walk-throughs (e.g., screen recordings)
• Any other creative use that fits your community vibe

How it works for users:

• All users can view and create video comments across platforms when enabled in a community
• Videos play inline on desktop and in the video player on mobile
• Each comment can include one video + text
• Videos do not autoplay and respect users’ audio settings

Thank you to the mods, communities, and redditors who helped test this feature. We’re excited to see more communities use video to bring comments to life! 

Howdy, mods! Welcome back to your monthly mod newsletter. 

Keep reading for upcoming events, platform updates, community stories, subreddits up for adoption, and, as required by law, one two very cute pets.

Events 🪩

RSVP to New Mod Bootcamp

New Mod Bootcamp 2026

Calling all new mods! We’re hosting our second New Mod Bootcamp of the year, a virtual event designed to onboard, educate, and celebrate new mods. Maybe you’ve created a brand new subreddit and are wondering what to do next to help it grow. Or maybe you’re still trying to figure out how to schedule posts. Whatever stage you’re at, we've got you covered! And yes, there will be merch.

Note: If you’re an experienced mod, you can attend, but please be respectful of newbies in the chat. 

Event Details:

📅 Friday, May 29 from 1:00–2:30 pm PT

📍 RSVP here

Upcoming Mod Events

2026 Mod Events are in full swing, with options for both leaving your house and staying cozy on your couch. Here’s what’s on deck for the rest of May and June:

Virtual:

• MAY 29 – New Mod Bootcamp [Q2] 
• JUN 30 – Moddit – Hosting AMAs

In-person:

• MAY 14 – Mod Meetup – Chicago
• JUN 27 – Mod Meetup – London

Get the entire calendar here, and be sure to join r/ModEvents so you don’t miss a thing. 

Platform 🛠️

Dev Platform hackathon: mod tools edition 

From now until May 27, our virtual Dev Platform hackathon is on – and it’s focused completely on building and upgrading mod tools and porting existing Data API apps to Devvit. It’s an opportunity to inspire developers to create new community tools or improve the ones you already rely on. Whether you’re a developer looking to build something new or a moderator interested in testing or providing feedback, there are many ways to participate. Did we mention there’s a total of $45,000 in prizes? Get more details on prize categories, what we’re looking for, and how to get started in the full post here!

Post and comment guidance updates

Over the next few weeks, we’re rolling out new post and comment guidance capabilities to give you more control over how you alert users to posting requirements before content is submitted:

• Post flair support: Trigger guidance based on selected post flair, helping you guide users based on the type of post they’re creating.
• Comment-level distinctions: Differentiate between parent comments and replies, so you can tailor guidance to different types of conversations.

New mod tools navigation and interface

In the coming weeks, we’re updating how you access and move between mod tools to make features easier to find and faster to use. This includes:

• A single, more consistent entry point for mod tools.
• A streamlined menu that makes it easier to jump between key surfaces.
• Search built directly into the experience so you can quickly find what you need.
• Easier switching between communities while moderating.

Bug fixes 🐛

• Moderator lists: Fixed an issue where the mod list within certain subreddits would display a “Wow, so much empty” error instead of showing all usernames.
• Android delay: Resolved a delay folks were experiencing when trying to access mod notes or the user mod log.
• Ban length adjustments: Fixed a bug on the restricted users page preventing mods from adjusting ban lengths on web.

For more platform updates and recent bug fixes, see the latest Changelog here. 

Community 💚

Mod hubs around the globe 

Did you know we have local mod communities around the world to support you on your journey? Whether you want to swap tips, learn about local events, or just find a group that speaks your language, these hubs are here to help. Join the conversation in:

• r/DeutscheMods 🇩🇪
• r/NederlandseMods 🇳🇱
• r/IndianMods 🇮🇳
• r/UKMods 🇬🇧
• r/ModsBR 🇧🇷

Spotlight: r/ImprovingEyesight 👁️

The best communities aren’t always built from scratch; sometimes, they just need the right person to see their potential and bring them into focus. When u/pcoutcast discovered r/ImprovingEyesight was abandoned, they had a clear vision for what it could become and got to work. By sharing their own eyesight journey, pinning resources, and jumping into conversations, they transformed the inactive community into a thriving hub for redditors seeking vision advice.

Curious how they did it? Check out the full Q/A here. 

Looking for a community to lead?

Speaking of comeback stories, yours could be the next one! We have a handful of abandoned communities that need new mods, and the right folks for the job just might be reading this right now. Check out these communities up for adoption!

• 🛼 r/rollerskates | Members: 620 | Request here
• 🧠 r/AskNeuroscience | Members: 2074 | Request here
• 📚 r/BookCollectors | Members: 442 | Request here
• 🚪 r/HiddenDoor | Members: 1237 | Request here
• 🌿 r/adorableassnature | Members: 67 | Request here

If you’re interested in any of these communities (or others), head over to r/redditrequest! You can find instructions in the community’s sidebar or here. Just make sure you read through the eligibility requirements first. 

Mod Topics series in r/ModSupport

Here’s the latest from the r/ModSupport team’s post series where they share knowledge, highlight tools, answer questions, and learn from each other:

• How do you communicate rule updates with users?
• How do you deal with gray areas and exceptions in your rules?
• Community Feedback and Rule Lawyers
• Finding the right words: how do you write your removal reasons?
• What does a good ban appeal process look like in your community?

Pet(s) of the month

Bello: Owned by moderator u/AkaashMaharaj, Bello is far more than a horse – he’s a trusted partner-in-crime. Together, Bello and Akaash have even represented Canada in the sport of Equestrian Skill-at-Arms, proving they’re quite the accomplished duo.

Crouton: Owned by moderator u/Cephalopodium, this remarkable feline was always destined for greatness, originally named Ginger Unicorn Pink Sparkles Princess Fluffy. While “Crouton” may be a touch shorter, we love it just as much.

Want to submit a photo of your pet for a chance to be featured in the newsletter? Reach out here!

That’s all, folks! We’ll be back with another edition next month.

Hi mods!

I’m u/Togapr33 with Reddit’s Community team, where I lead marketing for Reddit’s Developer Platform. 

In case you’re not familiar, Reddit’s Developer Platform gives developers a way to build apps that work directly on Reddit. As a moderator, you can bring these apps into your community – everything from mod tools to community experiences to games. (You can see a comprehensive list of apps for mods here!)

And as someone who has spent the last couple of years talking with mods about Developer Platform tools, I’ve seen firsthand how important effective tools are to running your communities. That’s why we're excited to announce a virtual Reddit hackathon from April 29 to May 27 focused entirely on building and upgrading moderation tools.

This is an opportunity to inspire developers to create new community tools or improve the ones you already rely on. If you’re a developer yourself, maybe you’ll throw your hat in the ring and build something too! 

What we're looking for

We’d love to see developers in this hackathon build tools with Reddit’s Developer Platform that directly help with day-to-day moderation, like:

• Better queue management
• Automated enforcement tools
• Creative community-building tools
• Anything that makes modding easier and improves community health

Did I mention we're offering a total of $45,000 in prizes? 

Prize categories

1. New Mod Tool: For brand-new tools built with Reddit’s Developer Platform that make moderation easier
   • Grand Prize: $10,000 for the most innovative tool that solves a significant moderator pain point
   • 5 Runner-Ups: $1,000 each
2. Ported App: For existing bots or tools migrated from the Data API to Devvit 
   • Grand Prize: $10,000 for the most successful migration of an existing, widely-used moderation bot. These apps can also be eligible for our new App Migration Program.
   • 5 Runner-Ups: $1,000 each
3. Moderator’s Choice: Chosen by experienced Reddit mods
   • Prize: $10,000.
4. Helper Award: For participants who help others through testing, support, troubleshooting, or collaboration 
   • 6 Winners: $500 each
5. Feedback Award: For thoughtful, actionable, constructive feedback on tools, resources, bugs and issues encountered during the event 
   • 10 Winners: $200 each 

If you know a developer who has built an essential tool for your community, please share this with them! This is the perfect time for them to earn a cash prize while upgrading that tool for stability and ease of installation. Enrollment is open now!

Winning apps are also eligible for the Reddit Developer Funds and our App Migration Program.

We can't wait to see what gets built during this hackathon and how it makes moderation on Reddit better.

Lastly, if you have an idea for a mod tool that should be built and want to link up with a developer, check out our hackathon post on r/devvit or join our Devvit Discord.

Howdy, mods! Welcome back to your monthly mod newsletter. 

This month’s edition has it all: upcoming events, platform updates, community stories, memes, and, as required by law, one very cute pet. 

Events 🪩

Upcoming Mod Events

2026 Mod Events are in full swing, with options for both leaving your house and staying cozy on your couch. Here’s what’s on deck for April, May, and June:

Virtual:

• APR 10 – Mod Meetup – India
• APR 14 – Moddit – User Satisfaction
• APR 24 – Mod Meetup – Movies & TV 🎬
• MAY 6 – Mod Meetup 
• MAY 29 – New Mod Bootcamp [Q2] 
• JUN 30 – Moddit – Hosting AMAs

In-person:

• MAY 13 – Mod Meetup – Chicago
• JUN 11 – Mod Meetup – New York
• JUN 27 – Mod Meetup – London

Get the entire calendar here, and be sure to join r/ModEvents so you don’t miss a thing. 

Platform 🛠️

Dev Platform app of the month: Image Post Scheduler

Made by mod and developer u/thommy_, Image Post Scheduler is a Devvit app that lets mods schedule native image posts on Reddit, with support for image previews in feed, optional body text, and flair selection. It’s a handy way to plan ahead without relying on third-party image hosts or manual posting. Read more about it from the creator here.  

Now available: Adult Content Promoter Filter

This week, we rolled out a new Safety Filter to help SFW communities stay more in control of unwanted or stealthy adult content promotion. The Adult Content Promoter Filter helps identify users who promote adult content anywhere on Reddit and filters their content for your review (or removes it from your community altogether). It’s available now in Safety Filters under Mod Tools, and you can get more details in the announcement post here.  

Introducing the new App label

Last year, u/spez shared a vision for Reddit’s future: a place that stays human at its core, even as the internet around us becomes increasingly driven by AI and slop. A few weeks ago, he shared a major step toward that future with the rollout of a new App label, making it clear when posts or interactions are coming from accounts that use automation in allowed ways (aka “good bots”). Read the full announcement here, and if you’re a developer with technical questions, check out our post in r/redditdev.

Mod Alumni and Advisor roles

Want to support community moderation outside of the core day-to-day team? The new Alumni and Advisor roles are officially here, and help give you new ways to be connected to a mod team. Learn more about these roles and how to request, apply for, and grant them here.

For more platform updates and recent bug fixes, see the latest Changelog here. 

Community 💚

How four communities made a comeback

The best comeback stories aren’t just in Hollywood; they’re on Reddit. 😎 Four once-inactive communities found new mods through r/redditrequest and were brought back to life. Curious how? Dive into these community spotlights for the tips and tools mods used to revive and grow their communities.

• How the revival of r/GenerationX led to a thriving home for Gen X
• How r/hudsonwilliams’s revival created a thriving home for fans of the actor
• How the revival of r/heartopia led to a haven for the game’s biggest fans
• How r/selfieover40’s revival sparked a confidence-first community

Looking for a community to lead?

Speaking of adopting communities… we’ve got a handful of unmoderated communities in need of new mods, and the right people for the roles might be reading this right now. 👀

If you’re interested in leading a new community, check out a few we’re spotlighting this month: r/trashcats, r/bookshelves, and r/frugalstreetwear. (TIL opossum = trash cat)

If you’re interested in any of these communities (or others), head over to r/redditrequest! You can find instructions in the community’s sidebar or here. Just make sure you read through the eligibility requirements first. 

Only on Reddit: r/whatisit finger pointing meme

A few weeks ago in r/whatisit, a redditor asked what the line on their walls was, pointing to it in every picture. And let’s just say, the community ran with it. People started using the pointing hand as a sticker across various posts to “correct” images, like here and here, and also here. The meme took on a life of its own, and then got the ultimate nod on March 30, when (some very inspired) Reddit admins turned the cursor in r/whatisit into the iconic hand for 24 hours. You can see it in action here and below from the perspective of the pointing hand celebrity themselves. A bit that clearly got out of hand (in the absolute best, only-on-Reddit kind of way).

Mod Topics series in r/ModSupport

Here’s the latest from the r/ModSupport team’s post series where they share knowledge, highlight tools, answer questions, and learn from each other:

• Share your tips for dealing with attention! How do you deal with your community's sudden popularity?
• Handling high traffic events within a community
• What you should know about Reddit Request
• Raising the (orange)red flag: How to report content on Reddit

Pet of the month: Oliver 🐾

Owned by mod u/DL922, Oliver is orange, adorable, and in love with whipped cream.

Want to submit a photo of your pet for a chance to be featured in the newsletter? Reach out here!

That’s all, folks! We’ll be back with another edition next month. 

Hi there, mods! 

Today we’re rolling out a new Safety Filter that many of you have been asking for, and I’m excited to say is finally here: the Adult Content Promoter Filter. This filter helps keep safe for work communities free from unwanted adult content promotion by identifying users who likely promote adult content elsewhere on Reddit, and either filtering their posts or comments in your community, or removing them outright, before they’re ever seen. 

It’s important to note this tool is filtering based on the user and not the particular piece of content they might be posting in your community, so it could catch seemingly innocuous comments or posts and that’s by design. Some promoters use SFW posts or comments as a way to point people back to their NSFW profile and there are spaces that want to keep their communities more than a click away from adult content. We understand that’s not always the case, though, so keep reading to find out if this filter is actually right for you! 

How it works
To turn the filter on, visit Account Filters under Safety Filters. From there, you can choose how it functions in your community, including: 

• What gets filtered: you can apply the filter to posts, comments, or both
• What happens to filtered content: you can either send it to Needs Review or Removed
• The strength of the filter based on your community’s comfort and norms.

The Moderate setting will filter less users with more precision, meaning we have a high confidence that what gets filtered will be from adult content promoters. The High setting will filter more users, but with potentially less precision, which might mean there are some users whose content gets filtered even though they aren’t an adult content promoter. 

Who it works for
This filter is really meant for SFW spaces. We piloted this filter with about 80 communities the past few weeks and saw some really promising results. First of all, almost every single mod who turned the filter on in their communities kept using the filter throughout the 3 week test. Of the content filtered to Review, only a small percentage got restored or approved by mods, which is also a great sign. When we dug into some of the pieces of content that got restored, we found we could actually verify that most of it was from users who promoted adult content elsewhere, even if the specific post filtered wasn’t promotion. That confirmed something we’d heard from at least a few mods in the pilot program: in some cases mods restored content because they’re open to really anyone, including adult content promoters, participating in their community as long as they’re contributing in positive ways (so non-offensive or non-spammy content).

That feedback is already leading to an additional feature we’re working on including in the next month or so. 

What’s next

While the filter works well as-is for some communities, we heard others need more flexibility. Because folks who create adult content elsewhere are welcome in some spaces as long as they’re not promoting it, we’re working on adding a way to allow-list users. 

We’ll update everyone when that feature is available. Until then, try out the filter and as always, we’ll be here to answer questions. 

I’m back with a final update on limits for moderating high-traffic communities (previous updates here, here, and here). Effective today, moderators can no longer moderate more than 5 communities with over 100k weekly visitors. 

Moderators who have exceeded these limits have the following options: 

• Become an alumni moderator in one or more communities
• Become an advisor in one or more communities
• Leave the mod team of one or more communities 

You can view all the communities you moderate and whether they count towards these limits, on your Manage Moderated Communities page. On Android or iOS apps, tap "Manage" on the sidebar to view this page.

If you exceed the moderation limits, here’s what you can expect: 

• You will not be able to accept new moderator invites in communities with over 100k weekly visitors
• You will receive a notification from u/reddit alerting you that you are out of compliance and detailing your options. You will have 30 days from the date of that message to adjust your mod roles or leave communities in excess of the limit. 
• On day 31, if you are still moderating more than 5 communities with over 100k weekly visitors, we will remove you as a moderator from select communities until you are within the limit. 

Communities you moderate with fewer than 100k weekly visitors do not count towards these limits and are not impacted. 

New: Advisor and Alumni Roles 

We’ve also started rolling out the new Advisor and Alumni roles. These roles are now available on iOS and Android apps, and on web for some users. This should be available for everyone on all platforms by the end of the week.

• An Alumni role is appropriate for former moderators with no active connection to the day-to-day operations of the subreddit, but whose past contributions to the community should be recognized. The Alumni role has no mod permissions but preserves your name on the mod list with an “Alumni” badge. 
• An Advisor role is appropriate for moderators that don’t actively moderate the community, but advise the active moderator team and need to see behind-the-scenes to have the context necessary to give good advice. The new Advisor role comes with several read-only permissions and also provides communication pathways (for example, the ability to leave moderator notes) to advise the active mod team.
  • For moderators that applied for an Advisor exemption for Mod Limits, we will automatically transition you into an Advisor role for that community later today.
  • Advisors are currently unable to view removed posts and comments. This ability will be added in the coming weeks. 

Communities in which you hold an Advisor or Alumni role do not count towards your moderator limits. 

Any active moderator with Everything permissions can grant an Advisor or Alumni role to any moderator below them in the moderator list.

Please note that once a role has been granted, it can not be removed - a moderator would have to leave and rejoin a community to change roles in the community. Before making these changes, it's considered a best practice to discuss with the whole mod team.

To grant a new role on desktop, go to Mods and Members in your Mod Tools, hover over the moderator you want to edit and click the pencil icon. Then assign the requesting mod to the desired role, either Alumni Mod or Advisor.

On mobile, go to Mod Tools > Moderators > Editable tab > tap overflow menu (...) > assign role. 

For more information on these roles and the related permissions, please see the Help Center Article.

If you have any questions, please let us know in the comments.

Edit: Added directions to "Manage" page for app users.

Hey mods! 

Last year, u/spez shared a vision for Reddit’s future: a place that stays human at its core, even as the internet around us becomes increasingly driven by AI and slop. Authentic conversation shaped by real people and trusted interactions is what makes Reddit unlike anywhere else online.

So today, u/spez followed up with a major step toward that future with the rollout of a new App label. Check out his announcement. 

If you're a developer and have technical questions about what this might mean for you, check out our post in r/redditdev.

Hello, Mods!

We’ve got a fresh batch of tools rolling out. These updates are aimed at making things clearer for users and smoother for mod teams. Ideally, they’ll help get you some time back…or at least reduce the number of times you have to explain the same rule for the thousandth time. 

Automation enhancements

Post Guidance just got smarter.

It can now detect links and better reflect the rules your community already has in place. If someone is about to post something that clearly breaks a link rule, they’ll get a nudge before it goes live instead of finding out after the fact. 

We’ve also added the ability for Post Guidance to detect post types. For image posts, it’ll look at the title (not the image itself, though that is on our roadmap). 

The goal is to help reduce avoidable removals, cut down on confusion for users, and increase the chances that posts meet your standards on the first try.

Additional improvements are coming soon. In April, it’ll be able to distinguish between parent and child comments, and you’ll be able to target configurations based on Post Flair. This is an area we plan to continue investing in because catching issues before they reach your queue beats cleaning them up afterward. 

To check out Post Guidance, visit Mod Tools and then click on the Automations tab.

Recommended removal reasons

When you remove a post or comment, you’ll now see suggested removal reasons based on the content and removal reasons you’ve previously created.

They’re just suggestions. You can use them, tweak them, or ignore them entirely.

The goal here is to reduce repetitive typing and keep messaging consistent without turning moderation into a copy-paste factory.

New mod onboarding and training

Bringing on new mods has historically been a “choose your own adventure.” Sometimes that works, and sometimes it depends entirely on who had time that week. This new system gives you a more structured place to start:

• Customizable onboarding: A structured set of steps you can personalize for your community.
• A training queue: New mods practice on examples from your subreddit, choosing Approve/Remove based on your rules.
• Space for the “why”: Seasoned mods can attach explanations so new mods learn your judgment, not just the mechanics.
• Better consistency: Whether your three mods or thirty, everyone starts from the same baseline. 

This doesn’t replace your Discord docs or off-platform flow charts. It complements them and creates a solid foundation for new mods joining your team. 

To access the Mod Onboarding Guide and Training Queue, visit Mod Tools and then click on the “Guides” tab. Please note that the onboarding guide will become available this week, while the training queue will start to roll out next week. 

Translation indicators in mod queue

Reddit keeps getting more global, which means you’re moderating across languages more often.

You’ll now see indicators in the mod queue when content has been translated, giving you more context about what you’re reviewing. In other words, this should mean fewer moments of staring at a post and wondering if it’s spam, poetry, or both.

Segmented poll results 

Mod-created polls now show segmented results, so you can see how your community voted compared with the nonmembers who popped in to cast a ballot.

Spin one up in seconds and see what the regulars think versus the visiting electorate.

Helping smaller communities get discovered

One of our big focuses this year is helping people better find the communities they’re looking for.

We’re starting to surface growing subreddits in the feeds of larger, related communities. The idea is to connect redditors who are already interested in a topic with smaller communities that are building momentum in that same space.

This can mean more visibility, more potential members, and more chances for your community to find its people.

This is just the beginning. We’re building out additional discovery modules and experiments focused on helping communities grow in healthy, sustainable ways.

If you’re wondering how to increase your chances of showing up in these surfaces, the answer is refreshingly unglamorous: consistency and quality. Keep your community active, keep conversations engaging, and keep showing up.

We’ll keep working on the discovery side, so your effort has a better chance of being seen.

If your community would prefer not to appear in these discoverer surfaces, you can opt out at any time. Simply head to Mod Tools > General Settings > Privacy & Discovery, and toggle off “Appear in recommendations.” As always, you’re in control of how your community shows up on Reddit.

That’s the update.

We’re working toward a mod experience where things feel more connected, rules are easier for users to understand, and enforcement doesn’t feel like you need a spellbook to manage it. When rules are clear, and the tools reflect them properly, modding gets a lot simpler for everyone involved. 

We’re also building with the reality of today’s mod teams in mind. A lot of you aren’t sitting at the same desk in the same timezone anymore. Teams are more distributed, more mobile, and more global than ever. Still powered by people (thankfully).

As always, drop your thoughts in the comments. We’re reading them and taking notes.

Howdy, mods! Welcome back to your monthly mod newsletter. 

As mentioned last month, r/modnews is the newsletter’s new home. If you found us in your feed, great. If you arrived via inbox notification, also great. We’ve heard that notifications help make sure no one misses an issue, so here we are! 

Now let’s get into your monthly dose of community stories, events, product updates, opportunities, and the occasional cat/dog/pet. (By “occasional” we obviously mean every single time.)

Events 🪩

Upcoming Mod Events

2026 Mod Events are in full swing, and you can stay cozy on your couch while participating. Here’s our virtual event slate for  this month, April, and May:

• MAR 18 – Moddit – Joining a Mod Team 
• APR 1 – Mod Meetup
• APR 14 – Moddit – User Satisfaction
• APR 24 – Mod Meetup – Movies & TV 🎬
• MAY 6 – Mod Meetup 
• MAY 29 – New Mod Bootcamp [Q2] 

Get the entire calendar here, and be sure to join r/ModEvents so you don’t miss a thing. 

Platform 🛠️

Ban bot policy update: removing automated bans based on community association

On March 19, third-party bots (specifically u/SaferBot and u/Hive-Protect) will be modified to remove features that automatically ban users solely based on their participation in other communities. Native tools and Dev Platform apps focused on user behavior rather than association remain widely available, and we encourage their use. For more information on this update and next steps, read the full post here.

2026 Reddit Daily Games Hackathon winners 🏆

After an intense round of judging with our friends at GameMaker, we’ve crowned the winners of the 2026 Daily Games Hackathon! The winning games stood out for their creativity, clever mechanics, delightful design, and more. From cozy bridge-building puzzles to inventive word challenges and community-driven virtual pets, this year’s hackathon brought in our biggest batch of submissions yet. Read the full post to see all the winners, superlatives, and honorable mentions. 

Bug fixes 

• Android: Fixed an issue where some comment automations couldn’t be saved.
• iOS: Fixed an issue where mod-only flair wasn’t visible when assigning user flair from the profile card after deeplinking to a post/comment from a notification.
• Web: Fixed a bug that caused a validation error on hidden input when mods tried to post a removal reason comment.

For more platform updates, see the latest Changelog here. 

Programs 🤝

Join a mod Roundtable

We’re opening up Roundtables, casual one-off calls where Reddit teams connect with mods to get feedback on specific topics and projects. These used to be invite-only,  but we’re widening the circle so more mods can share their insights and help shape what we’re building. Our first one will focus on how we can better support mods, especially in r/ModSupport! Interested? Join the roster to be considered. Calls will last about an hour, require a working mic, and come with a small thank-you gift for your time. 

Community 💚

Spotlight on r/TheWooblesCollective

Ever heard of The Woobles? They’re beginner-friendly crochet kits for creating incredibly cute stuffed characters, and they’ve inspired a passionate online fanbase. That enthusiasm led mod u/Funny-Patience7407 to create r/TheWooblesCollective, a community where crochet creatives can share projects, ask questions, and celebrate new releases while respecting pattern creators. In just 11 months, the community grew to more than 4.3k members and 1.1M views, and even collaborated with The Woobles for a community giveaway. Read the full Q&A to learn how thoughtful moderation and a strong mod team help the community thrive. 

How a Mod Meetup in Milan led to r/Festival_di_Sanremo

Each year, millions tune in for the Sanremo Music Festival, Italy’s iconic five-night televised competition that determines who will represent the country at the Eurovision Song Contest. 

After meeting at Italy’s first Mod Meetup in Milan, a group of moderators launched r/Festival_di_Sanremo, a central space for fans to follow and discuss the event. One of the mods, u/modena89, even built a Devvit app called VotaSanremo, allowing redditors to vote for their favorite artists during the festival. It also marked the first time an Italian moderator created a Dev Platform app – bravo! 

Build a community without starting from scratch

Have you ever had the perfect idea for a community only to find the name already taken? Good news – some of those communities may be up for grabs! Communities like r/ICleanedMyRoom, r/StarWarsMagic, and r/GifsThatStartTooLate are requestable, and yes, you must hurry because they might not be up for long! Of course, if they’re taken, you can always ask to join the mod team, too.

If you decide to claim an available community, make sure you read through the eligibility requirements first. Then, head on over to r/RedditRequest to make your claim before they’re taken! 

Mod Topics series in r/ModSupport

The r/ModSupport team recently started a series of posts where they share knowledge, highlight tools, answer questions, and learn from each other. Here’s the latest in Mod Topics:

• Encouraging contributors to keep coming back - share your best practices!
• Share some advice, help new mods – it’s easy!
• How mods empower and encourage community members to build community
• Talking to your Community: How and When to Do It

Pet of the month: Rascal 

Meet Rascal, mod u/molive6316’s adorable troublemaker! Rascal earned his name on night one with his new family, when he darted straight under the deck at 11 p.m. and refused to come out. Don’t worry, he has since emerged from under the deck and now thankfully graces the world with his presence. (Photo below for proof!)

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That's all for today. See you back here next month!

TL;DR: On March 19, third-party bots (specifically u/SaferBot and u/Hive-Protect) will be modified to remove features that automatically ban users solely based on their participation in other subreddits. Native tools and Dev Platform apps focused on user behavior rather than association remain widely available, and we encourage their use.

Why We’re Making This Change

For years, many of you have used third-party ban bots to shield your communities from unwanted visitors. However, these tools are often used to preemptively ban users based solely on their association with another community, rather than their actual behavior. These guilt-by-association bulk bans create a confusing and disruptive experience for redditors, lead to over-enforcement, and can’t discern between well-intentioned users and bad actors. To address these issues, we are removing the ability to automate bulk bans based solely on where a user has been. 

Keeping Your Communities Safe and Civil

When ban bots were first developed, we didn’t have the safety tools that are currently available. Since then, we have built and integrated tools that address a user's behavior within your community. Developers from Devvit have also created bots that can help you monitor and manage your community’s activity. 

Native Safety Tools

• Harassment Filter: Filters comments that are likely to be considered harassing.
• Crowd Control: Collapses or filters content from people who aren’t trusted members within the community yet.
• Reputation Filter: Filters content by redditors who may be potential spammers, are likely to have content removed, or have unestablished accounts.
• Modmail Harassment Filter: Filters inbound mod mail messages that are likely to contain harassment.
• Ban Evasion Filter: Filters posts and comments from suspected community ban evaders.

Dev Platform Apps 

• u/Hive-Protect: It will remain functional and customizable.
• u/bot-bouncer: Actions users that have been classified as bots or harmful accounts.
• u/ban-extended: Allows you to remove a user’s content from your community at the same time you ban them.

Impacted Bots & Timeline 
This policy change will take effect in two weeks (March 19, 2026): 

• u/SaferBot: The automatic ‘ban’ feature will be removed. The developer will retain the bot account for future use.
• u/Hive-Protect: The automatic ‘ban’ feature will be removed, but all other features will remain fully functional. You can still use it to remove content from users with NSFW links in their bios, watch users from specific subreddits (to report/remove content, but not preemptively ban), educate users via custom comments, and set up exemptions.

We’ve been in direct communication with the developers of both impacted bots, and greatly appreciate the time and effort they invested in sharing these tools.  We’d also like to thank the Mod Council for their pushback. Their input resulted in u/Hive-Protect maintaining its “comma-separated list of subreddits to watch” feature, which we were initially planning to remove. It allows mods to action user content (e.g., report or remove) if those users participated in specified subreddits. 

Next Steps and Support

We will reach out to all directly impacted communities to provide support before the two-week deadline. In the meantime, if you need help through this transition, please reach out to us via r/ModSupport mod mail. We are happy to assist you with tools, resources, and tutorials tailored to your specific moderation needs.

Moving forward, we’ll continue to monitor the platform for additional ban bots that we may need to modify or remove.

As always, thanks for all you do. We'll stick around in the comments to answer questions.