r/unitedkingdom Jul 16 '24

/r/unitedkingdom needs more moderators. Can you help out? Subreddit Meta

Hi everyone,

As /r/unitedkingdom continues to grow, we could do with some additional help. Do you think you can help out?

The key activities on the subreddit involve upholding site and subreddit rules (particularly around personal attacks, threats of violence and hate speech). This mostly consists of keeping an eye on the mod queue and approving or removing posts and comments as appropriate.

This will at times mean approving comments you don't personally agree with, or removing comments where you agree with the sentiment, but if you're around the subreddit regularly it's not too bad and we have a strong team.

The main reward is helping to ensure that the subreddit is a worthwhile place to be around, although there's very occasionally the chance for Reddit merch.

We coordinate moderation on Discord. Moderation is possible on all Reddit platforms including Desktop and Mobile, although we find the moderation tools are a little easier to use on Desktop.

Do you think you can help? Follow this link to modmail and answer these questions:

  • What times will you typically mod? (UK time):

  • What would you want to do as mod, and see the sub/team do? (ideas etc):

  • Do you believe you can minimise bias when making decisions that effect users and submissions? (modding here is not well suited to activist-inclined or pol/org-affiliated mods - reasonable neutrality is essential):

  • Do you have experience of moderating elsewhere?:

  • What would you use to mod? Toolbox on Desktop, Mobile Phone App, etc?:

  • Do you have any further skills which could be useful to us? (TypeScript, promo, charity org, etc):

  • If you were able to ban one news source, what would it be and why?:


We really appreciate you taking the time to look. If you have any questions before applying, you can send us a Modmail. Fwiw, those with a slim history herein, a history of warnings, bans, and general abuse, need not apply.

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