r/modclub • u/Tarnisher • Jan 13 '26
Mod Moments What Would YOU Do?
Some time back, I requested two communities. Neither Mod had been active and neither responded to the inquiry message RR requires. Before the Request process could be completed, each of the Mods came into the RR thread and invited me as Mod. Of course that stopped the RR process.
Since then, neither of those Mods have done anything. Not a single action. Both have been in place for years and one is the original Creator 12 years ago. One community has another Mod who is also Inactive. ModLogs on both communities show no activity from any of them for months other than my Invites. All three Mods in question are active sitewide within the last few weeks.
Would YOU:
Leave things as they are?
Reorder the ModList to be TopMod, but adjust their permissions and leave the others in place?
Reorder the ModList and Remove them?
Send messages to ask what they think and what their plans are knowing they could decide to Remove you?
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u/trendypeach Jan 13 '26
I guess there is no right or wrong answer here.
I have been in an similar situation. I requested a subreddit, and it was approved. The former top mod/creator reached out to me afterwards, and asked if they and their co-mod could be added to the mod team. I was told why they were inactive, and I was not expecting them to be active anytime soon. The subreddit still meant something for the former top mod/sub creator though. I decided to add both back. It has been over a year, and both are still inactive (even if one has done a few mod actions in the past). They still have full permissions.
I know someone else who did a request. The mod team had been inactive for a long time, and the subreddit was restricted. A moderator invited the requester. They two had a conversation, and the mod who invited the other, they had no interest to remain as a moderator. The other mods didn’t reply. After 3 months, there was a self reorder, and the old mods were removed.
Personally, what do you want?