Yeah I would like to know this as well. I would like to know WHY we need a mod here in general. I understand the general purpose of mods, but if the community agrees it’s not important to have one, then wants wrong with this place being the Wild West of Grateful Dead.
We can let r/gratefuldead be the moderated version, and r/grateful_dead be the unmoderated version. What’s wrong with that?
You have an inaccurate impression about what a mod actually does (which isn't unusual, no harm there). Without anyone moderating at all, we'd be knee deep in fake t-shirt ripoff posts and similar scams before too long, especially in a Dead sub.
It's more about removing spam and other junk, blocking scammers, enforcing Reddit content standards (which are very loose) so the sub doesn't get shut down, and curtailing the worst of user behaviors (extreme bigotry, threats of harm, etc) than anything else. It's not about enforcing "rightthink" or a particular viewpoint that the mods agree with. The latter is what much of Reddit assumes mods do - censorship and authoritarian control - but in reality you're more like a janitor than a dictator.
Sub will likely devolve into a bunch of people bitching and fighting about Jerry vs. Mayer and Pigpen Vs. Vince and a bunch of other nonsense bad vibes.
I don't see what's wrong with those discussions, it's about the music. Much better than photos of "my new tattoo" and announcements of what I will call depressing news about random people that someone on the sub knows or hey, look what I have to sell with a steal your face or dancing bears on it.
Thanks for everything you did here! Bummed that I won't see you around the half-dozen different subs that we both frequented, but I get it. I'd volunteer to take up the torch myself but I'm in a similar boat - without RIF I'm not using the site nearly as much, and when I do it's painfully awkward and sluggish. Pretty shit situation all the way around.
GL out there, see you on John Mayer Billy Strings tour!
In fairness, Bob has said that the craziness and idolatry is part of what drove him to drugs. Not wanting to be the cops doesn't mean it shouldn't happen at all. Irresponsible partyers and gatecrashers interfered with playing certain venues; GD and BGP were happy to endorse some of the grass roots "enjoy responsibly" groups that tried to guide the community. There were occasionally the odd "keep the scene clean" messages to fans...
I don’t understand why there are two Grateful Dead subs.
This one is geared towards the music (as it should) the other is just absolute nonsense
Agreed, let’s take this opportunity to merge them.
That's only because Dead and Company stopped touring, before that there was this sub and 2 D&C subs
What will happen if nobody steps up as mod?
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If it comes to that, let me know, I can at least keep the lights on and the spambots away.
I'll help!
Yeah I would like to know this as well. I would like to know WHY we need a mod here in general. I understand the general purpose of mods, but if the community agrees it’s not important to have one, then wants wrong with this place being the Wild West of Grateful Dead. We can let r/gratefuldead be the moderated version, and r/grateful_dead be the unmoderated version. What’s wrong with that?
You have an inaccurate impression about what a mod actually does (which isn't unusual, no harm there). Without anyone moderating at all, we'd be knee deep in fake t-shirt ripoff posts and similar scams before too long, especially in a Dead sub.
It's more about removing spam and other junk, blocking scammers, enforcing Reddit content standards (which are very loose) so the sub doesn't get shut down, and curtailing the worst of user behaviors (extreme bigotry, threats of harm, etc) than anything else. It's not about enforcing "rightthink" or a particular viewpoint that the mods agree with. The latter is what much of Reddit assumes mods do - censorship and authoritarian control - but in reality you're more like a janitor than a dictator.
Sub will likely devolve into a bunch of people bitching and fighting about Jerry vs. Mayer and Pigpen Vs. Vince and a bunch of other nonsense bad vibes.
Pigpen obviously /s. 😀
I don't see what's wrong with those discussions, it's about the music. Much better than photos of "my new tattoo" and announcements of what I will call depressing news about random people that someone on the sub knows or hey, look what I have to sell with a steal your face or dancing bears on it.
I found this box of tapes. How much can I sell em for?
Without a mod Reddit shuts the sub down. I think that is a good enough reason to have one
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I did 😁
Thank you for a real good time!
Thank you for all of your hard work on this sub
Thanks for everything you did here! Bummed that I won't see you around the half-dozen different subs that we both frequented, but I get it. I'd volunteer to take up the torch myself but I'm in a similar boat - without RIF I'm not using the site nearly as much, and when I do it's painfully awkward and sluggish. Pretty shit situation all the way around.
GL out there, see you on
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I can step up as a mod. Thank you for your time these years. Know it ain’t easy.
Jerry would have never wanted a moderator
In fairness, Bob has said that the craziness and idolatry is part of what drove him to drugs. Not wanting to be the cops doesn't mean it shouldn't happen at all. Irresponsible partyers and gatecrashers interfered with playing certain venues; GD and BGP were happy to endorse some of the grass roots "enjoy responsibly" groups that tried to guide the community. There were occasionally the odd "keep the scene clean" messages to fans...
I'm interested... what does it entail?
This is such a great alternative to the shit on the other sub. Very refreshing.
Quit moderating so much, vibe
Miss you on the Twitter pal
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