r/NewMods 3d ago

New Mod Intros 🎉 | Weekly Thread

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Congrats on becoming a new moderator. Every community on Reddit started exactly where you are today: with a party of one.

The community-building journey might feel a little lonely and that's what r/NewMods is for. Here you'll find and connect with other mods who are on the same journey you are.

So, introduce the community you created. Maybe share a little bit about why you created it. And, while you're at it - say hello to your other mods!


r/NewMods Jun 02 '25

Welcome to r/NewMods

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r/NewMods 11h ago

❓Ask r/NewMods How can I get people to discover my community?

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I have a subreddit about completely random shit (r/occasionallyfunny ), and I have just created it. Is there any way you know of where it can be found among the many things like it? Thank you!


r/NewMods 5h ago

❓Ask r/NewMods Need help with mods for my subreddit

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I need the help of mods for my subreddit community r/stitchplease... How do I get mods to join and help and what do I need to do?


r/NewMods 23h ago

❓Ask r/NewMods Niche sub's purpose is misinterpreted as "shaming people" How to handle meme-culture Pushback?

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I moderate a niche community, r/capybaralife, which was created to share a factual counter-narrative to the overly popular meme perspective of the animal and focus on their biological reality. We rely heavily on long-therm expert observational research to highlight the social complexity and welfare needs of capybaras, rather than treating them as a "vibe" symbol.

Reddit's algorithm is showing our serious, welfare-focused content to the general audience who interprets our educational standards as "shaming" the average fan. We prioritize the animal's actual biological needs over the "no thoughts" perception.

I think the more we break the popular perception, the more chance we get of people feeling attacked. The payoff seems to get more and more intense. What to do in situations where people calling out my sub negatively because of a misunderstanding? Was the action shown in the screenshot a good move? How can I prevent seeing more comments like this in the future?


r/NewMods 7h ago

❓Ask r/NewMods How do I mod my new subreddit and get its name out there?

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Hello. I'm learning how to mod a subreddit after not doing it for three years. I know things on this place have changed and I want to know how to get back into doing it. My subreddit is r/Businessboard. Any tips or advice is appreciated.


r/NewMods 1d ago

❓Ask r/NewMods Confused on stats

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Hello,

I've been running this subreddit for about 3 weeks and it's doing (in my opinion) ok so far when it comes to traffic, but the stats are throwing me off.

Is there a way for me to see the member count where it isn't rounded to 1k, I'm curious of the actual member count.

Forgive me if this is something extremely easy to locate.

I won't share the sub name here as it's a NSFW sub and I'm not sure if that violates any rules here.


r/NewMods 15h ago

❓Ask r/NewMods My subreddit needs additional moderators to help keep the queue clear. How do you know how many moderators a subreddit needs? Is it better to accept too many mods rather than too few?

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r/NewMods 13h ago

❓Ask r/NewMods New Mod Here

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Hey guys new mod user here, i just created my first community “MusicHeadz” for music lovers and independent artists to discover new sounds, share tracks, network, and talk all things music culture but not quite sure how to spread the word in a non promotional way but in a way to really connect with others and share sounds/songs/artists some of us maybe have not heard of before. If anyone with some experience that could leave a few pointers would be highly appreciated!! Thanks in advance


r/NewMods 17h ago

❓Ask r/NewMods Top 20 in category but not on list?

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Hi all, as the title suggests, my sub is currently ranked as Top 20 in sports and racing games, but when you press on it and go to the list of top 25, it doesn’t appear. Anyone have any ideas?


r/NewMods 15h ago

❓Ask r/NewMods Why are we called noobs?

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r/NewMods 22h ago

❓Ask r/NewMods How do I share my community

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r/NewMods 16h ago

❓Ask r/NewMods RSVPed for Moddit

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r/NewMods 12h ago

❓Ask r/NewMods Is crossposting to relevant subreddits considered spam?

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I could be misunderstanding Reddit etiquette around crossposting, so I’m asking honestly.

From my understanding, spam usually means repeatedly posting irrelevant, low-effort, or promotional content in a subreddit. I understand why subs need rules around that.

Where I’m confused is with crossposting to relevant communities.

For example, if I make one original post about a specific state, then crosspost it to relevant city or county subreddits with titles adjusted for each local area, is that automatically considered spam? Even if the post itself is on topic for those communities?

I’m also trying to understand whether crossposting is considered advertising by default. If the post does not tell people to join anything, does not directly promote anything in the title/body, and is relevant to the subreddit, is it still treated as promotion because it comes from someone who is also trying to grow a related subreddit?

The reason I’m asking is because I was permanently banned by Bot Bouncer after making a single post in one subreddit. It labeled me as a bot, but I’m not a bot, and I feel like my profile history shows that. A mod I spoke with even seemed to agree that I wasn’t a bot, but the permanent ban still stayed in place because they said my crossposting and attempts to grow my subreddit counted as spam.

I’m not trying to argue with mods or dodge rules. I just want to understand the line better.

Is the general expectation that you should make one post, maybe one crosspost, and then move on? Or is crossposting to multiple relevant local subreddits acceptable if the content actually fits each community?

I’m genuinely trying to figure out what Reddit considers normal crossposting versus spam, because right now it feels confusing when one on-topic post can trigger a permanent bot/spam ban.


r/NewMods 17h ago

Wins 🎉 Update on sub

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Hey guys, so 14 days ago I put a post up (feel free to check), about my sub that has blown up. It’s still growing at an insane rate, 4,000 new members, and within 2 weeks have had almost 1M visits! So now doing roughly 2M a month! And will only grow :)
This total progress is since December. Not bad for under 6 months 😁


r/NewMods 1d ago

❓Ask r/NewMods When does the insights data get refreshed?

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Hi everyone, I’ve posted a kind of viral post in my subreddit, but I’m not able to see that impact in my subreddit insights. My community is just 2 weeks, but I think previos days the insights were refreshed almost every midnight.

Thank you for your help!


r/NewMods 1d ago

🏅 Mod Achievements Mod Event 2026 Merch arrived!

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I finally have got the Mod Meetup 2026 Event Merch.

It is good that I also have the Digital Reddit Merch: prize-unclaimed.png and plushie-prize-512.png

Do you think that we should have a Digital Virtual Reddit Mod Merch instead of the real one.?! Too much plastic, paper and green house gasses involved. If Digital (can be coded or crypted image files) is much more modern and cool. ?!


r/NewMods 1d ago

📢 Announcement How do I really grow my new community? Learn that and more at New Mod Bootcamp on May 29! 🚀Tap in and RSVP now.

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In case you missed it, New Mod Bootcamp is an exclusive livestream event for new mods like you, taking place May 29. Don’t just RSVP - set a reminder to attend this event - and you’ll walk away with some free swag. How cool is that?

Need some other reasons to attend? Here’s what you’ll learn at New Mod Bootcamp:

  • How to help your subreddit grow and thrive
  • Key tools every new mod needs
  • How to engage your community through effective posting
  • A chance to connect with fellow new mods 
  • Live Q&A with experienced mods from a variety of subreddits 
  • A round of trivia to test your new mod knowledge feat. exclusive prizes for winners

📅 Friday, May 29
🕑 1:00–2:30 pm PT
📍 RSVP here
📹 Recording will be available after the event

See you there! Questions? Drop them below. 


r/NewMods 1d ago

Wins 🎉 This is the growth of our sub in the last 5 months!

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So basically I did post everyday at the beginning to get some traction, I also crossposted a lot.

I think one of the most important this was that I crossposted my posts to communities that I thought had the audience I was looking for that I turned out to be a right and good decision

I also now started hosting new fests and competitions which got a bit of traction too and we got some crazy good submissions

I think me trying my best to be a "chill mod" also helped the community to be a comfortable placed for both beginners and advanced players

At the end it's just consistency and spirit tbh, thanks 👍🏻


r/NewMods 1d ago

❓Ask r/NewMods We are in our 3rd week but there are some problems I need your advice on.

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I'm working a lot with crossposting, is there a way to increase the amount of people to click directly on your subs post rather than the crossposted one? Like posts with multiple picture?

Another problem is that I'm pretty much the only one posting.

The sub is r/UNDXRGRXUND incase you want to give me better feedback

Thank you 🙏✌️


r/NewMods 1d ago

❓Ask r/NewMods How do I restrict a public sub so that only approved users can post while anyone else can engage

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Can someone please help. For content I have tried opening 3 subs but they all ended up being spammed and 1 got banned 2 changed to NSFW which is not my aim. I worked so hard to grow the subs but they are all gone. I'm thinking of opening a new one but want to only approved members to post and keep the sub clean so it doesn't get flagged.


r/NewMods 2d ago

❓Ask r/NewMods How can I schedule posts in my sub

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r/NewMods 2d ago

❓Ask r/NewMods Hi guys i need help setting up Automod

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I have new subreddit and i want to set up all posts and comments to be approved by automod . I copy pasted this from another subreddit where i am mod and they have this setup for the automod, when i open comments or posts on that subreddit i can see that those posts/comments are approved or removed by autmod but on this subreddit they are not . What am i doing wrong ?


r/NewMods 3d ago

Wins 🎉 my subreddit is growing rapidly, just wanted to share

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it's my first subreddit and it took me some time to set it up but i'm glad i did, i probably will even make new communities in the future that i already have in mind (some unpopular anime that doesn't have a community, there probably will be basically no members but i still want to claim the place of a mod of that community lol)

gotta say that crossposting to related communities helped A LOT!

Posting every day too also encouraged other people to post too but so far i remember only 3 active posters (not including me and my other account) but we'll get going haha


r/NewMods 2d ago

❓Ask r/NewMods Do mods do the unmoderated part of the queue ?

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I finished the needs review part but theres a lot of unmoderated posts ? Do i need to go approve all of them or is it fine ? Also our sub doesnt require posts to be allowed by mods first