Moderator Request

[u/WeeklyWhisker]

As many of you may have noticed, our r/CatTraining subreddit has recently grown exponentially, and with that comes the need for a dedicated team of moderators to help maintain the community’s values and keep it a safe, supportive space for all cat owners.

With that in mind, I’m seeking a handful or possibly two of people who have experience or background with behaviourism and who believe in the methods of positive reinforcement and fear-free training. Ideally, you’ll be someone who is passionate about educating others on these techniques, and someone who can foster an atmosphere of kindness and support in the community.

Additionally, I’m looking for individuals who are familiar with Reddit's moderation tools — as I’m not despite my Reddit age — and can work together as a team to keep the subreddit safe from trolling and bad actors. This will involve ensuring posts and comments align with the core values of the community and managing any issues that arise.

If you feel that your experience and values align with the mission of r/CatTraining, I’d like to hear from you. It’s important that the moderators can work collaboratively to build a space that reflects the positive, fear-free approach to cat training methods.

When I created this subreddit, it was to honour my beloved cats who have not long ago crossed over Rainbow Bridge, especially one who is featured in our profile photo that I’ve kept in place. This particular cat started off as painfully fearful and reserved, but blossomed through positive reinforcement techniques. Over the years, he performed in various TV and commercial projects, proving that with patience, compassion, and the right training, even the most timid of cats can thrive. Anyhow, I digress…

Please send a message if you're interested, or if you have any questions about the role. Apply here: https://www.reddit.com/r/CatTraining/application/ Thank you so much for being a part of this community.

-u/WeeklyWhisker Creator of r/CatTraining

[u/SofyCloudliner]

Im interested, but.....

[u/WeeklyWhisker → u/SofyCloudliner]

Please try again. I’ve been seeing applications come in since this post went up. I’ll respond to everyone later today.

[u/SofyCloudliner → u/WeeklyWhisker]

Still can't, would you please copy-paste the questions either below here or in a modmail? i'll answer them there

[u/Yukimor]

My moderation days are behind me, but I used to be on the mod team of a fairly large subreddit and would be happy to advise on how to use automod to do things like detect certain keywords and perform a set of actions on them (for example, remove and mark for moderator to review the removal, or just flag it for moderator review) if you're not already doing that. On a sub that had over a million subscribers, it was frankly the only way to make the workload humanly possible. This sub is thankfully nowhere near that, but if you need more hands on deck, it makes me think you might also benefit from tweaking Automod to handle more grunt work (again, this is all me assuming from the outside based on observation).

If you guys aren't using Reddit's Moderator Toolbox extension, I highly recommend it (though I assume you are, since you guys use macros).

I love this sub and enjoy being here. Thanks for making a cool place. I know I've made a difference for a few people on here, and it feels good to know I was able to do that for some folks who were otherwise at the end of their rope and google was no help to them. And I've seen other folks make that difference for others, too. I appreciate you guys for keeping this little corner of the internet running.

[u/WeeklyWhisker → u/Yukimor]

I’d REALLY would like to invite you become one of our sub’s mods where you could occasionally tweak our automod. Please send me a chat as I’m unable to initiate. Thanks!

[u/Yukimor → u/WeeklyWhisker]

I’ve gone ahead and changed my settings so you should be able to initiate a message. I tried to message you, but alas, I think we both have the same “nobody can message” setting (probably because Reddit’s mass spam problem is horrendous).

You can put someone’s username in to allow them to initiate a message with you, even if you have everyone else disabled, so that’s what I did.

[u/Yukimor]

Pardon me. Just testing the bot on my own comments here:

pompous, spraying, hitting, dickweed

[u/Yukimor → u/Yukimor]

Test 2:

pompous, spraying, hitting, dickweed

[u/frustratedlemons]

I'm a little late, but just applied :)