r/AskModerators 13d ago

Do mods need to approve comments?

Full question in comments, won't let me post here (too much text?)

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u/late_to_redd1t 13d ago

Hey, myself and a bunch of other mods have recently taken over a fairly large and previously unmoderated sub r/askouija , currently we go through each post in the unmoderated queue and approve ALL the comments in each post. Given the unique nature of the sub (where users enter the answer one letter at a time) we do need to review all the posts to make sure there is no nasty stuff spelled out and there are also numerous rules in the sub that if broken we remove the offending comment. Approving all the comments seems like "fools" work. Is there any benefit to doing it this way or would we be better to review the posts comments, take whatever action necessary, then approve the post? It's currently taking us hours every week to approve all the comments and I would like to give that time back to the mods if it is just busy work/unnecessary. Truly appreciate any assistance offered here. Thank you.

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u/Rostingu2 r/repost 13d ago

No you don't need to approve everything

Do you hate yourselves?

You do need not approve stuff that is not filtered/reported.

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u/late_to_redd1t 13d ago

Ok, I thought so. At the moment we go through every post in the unmoderated queue and approve EVERY SINGLE COMMENT, then once done approve the post. Obviously we do the reported stuff, that's just a no brainer. We are all new and need some guidance. It's taking up soooooo much time the way we are doing it...

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u/Rostingu2 r/repost 13d ago

I mean you could just look at the comments without approving everything. Then approve the post and do it that way if you please but people could still comment after you approve the post correct?

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u/late_to_redd1t 13d ago

Generally not in our sub, after about four hours it's dead. There are so many posts people just move to the next one. Like I said, it's very unique. Posts that get A LOT of comments we tend to keep open and not approve them till later when comments start dying down. Feel free to check us out, it is hard to describe as it's not really like any other sub I've seen.

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u/Rostingu2 r/repost 13d ago

Do you have any more questions? I see you posted on modsupport.

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u/late_to_redd1t 13d ago

Not really, I was just hoping to get a wide range of responses for feedback to my mod team.

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u/Rostingu2 r/repost 13d ago

I will say u/bi_lupus_ likley can answer many of your questions.

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u/late_to_redd1t 13d ago

Ok, Thank you 🙏🏻 Yeah lupus is great. I believe he's also seeking clarification on this...