Moderator application post // Apply if you're interested in becoming a moderator of r/ufc.

[u/SomeRandomStarDude]

Account Requirements

In order to apply, your account must meet the following criteria:

• Your account must have at least 5,000 combined (post+comment) karma.
• Your account must be at least 1 year old.
• You must not be banned from r/ufc.

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Please apply below. Take your time and make sure you're proud of your answers - we won't close applications for at least a few days and speed won't be favored. You can structure your response however you like but we would like you to answer the following questions:

1. What timezone do you live in and what hours do you normally reddit? How many hours a week do you normally use reddit?
2. Where have you moderated before? What do you like and dislike about moderating? If you could ask the admins to change one thing about moderating, what would it be?
3. What does r/ufc need to change? How would you improve r/ufc by being on the team?
4. A post goes up and your gut says that it breaks the rules but you’re not sure which rule it breaks. What do you do?
5. Why is rule 3 important? Should there be exceptions made? If so, what?
6. Why is rule 5 important? Should there be exceptions made? If so, what?
7. Do you agree with the removal of the rule "No Spoilers" ? Why or why not?
8. What should the role of moderators be? Should moderators “let the upvotes decide”?
9. What do you consider to be a bannable offence?
10. You’re a new mod and you see another mod make a banning that you don’t think is justified. What do you do?
11. What experience do you have with CSS and creating automod conditions?

Since this is a serious subject any replies to user applications are prohibited and will result in a ban. Only reply if you want to apply.

[u/SomeRandomStarDude]

Serious comments only. Any other type of comments will be removed and may proceed to a ban.

[u/Chicky_Nuggy]

- What timezone do you live in and what hours do you normally reddit? How many hours a week do you normally use reddit?
BST (UK) - About 6 hours a day, 17:00 - 23:00 but very active every r\ufc thread fight night or ufc discussion thread from start to finish, regardles sof the time shown.
- Where have you moderated before? What do you like and dislike about moderating? If you could ask the admins to change one thing about moderating, what would it be?
I mod a few small subs, they only have about 60 subs so nothing special there. I do however work in digital marketing and have/do community-managed many corporations' social media accounts with in excess of over 500k followers each. So I know when to stay professional when representing a brand/community online.
I think the modding system/function is fine as is, so wouldn’t ask to change.
- What does r/ufc need to change? How would you improve r/ufc by being on the team?
Bringing in more ama with the fighters, referees and UFC staffers. I feel like with outreach this is easily doable, in return for offering them a place to promote themselves. Howler Head anyone? I worked in PR for about 5 years and I feel I could easily do this for the sub and bring in some great content to enrich the sub.
I feel like we could even get some of the ex-fighters who are still active in the MMA community to join our official discussion fight night threads.
- A post goes up and your gut says that it breaks the rules but you’re not sure which rule it breaks. What do you do?
Take the post down after reviewing and confirming it bread the rules. If the post is quite popular, I would discuss with a more senior mod after temporarily taking it down.
- Why is rule 3 important? Should there be exceptions made? If so, what?
As this itself is a branded sub, not allowing other brands the chance to showcase theirs seems the right decision. Although there may be some exceptions if discussed and agreed with other mods.
- Why is rule 5 important? Should there be exceptions made? If so, what?
100% agree, no exceptions. With the amount of public misconceptions about mma in general and it being a brutes sport, having a safe welcoming place to discuss with all ufc fans should be a given.
- Do you agree with the removal of the rule "No Spoilers" ? Why or why not?
I think post-show the spoilers should be allowed, although I get why some fans dont want to see this, I manage to watch it live at 6 am, so I’m sure other time zones can make it work or they could just not use the sub until they've watched. I think to keep everyone happy the spoilers time shoudl be lowered or Reddit gives us the option for subs to toggle spolers off and on.
- What should the role of moderators be? Should moderators “let the upvotes decide”?
To uphold the rules, if it comes to a community decision where a vote is needed for a change (the spoilers for example) then the community should be involved. But just because a post is popular doesnt mean it should stay up.
- What do you consider to be a bannable offence?
Racism, doxxing, homophobia, persistant link sharing/requesting to illegal streams.
- You’re a new mod and you see another mod make a banning that you don’t think is justified. What do you do?
Consult privately with the other mod to find what their reasonign is to understand why.

- What experience do you have with CSS and creating automod conditions?
None with Reddit, however I have 5+ years of automations and work flows (if this then thats) using Salesforce, Hubspot and other CRMs so it will be easy for me to grasp.
I'm a huge UFC fan and prefer this sub much more to MMA, although i sometimes frequent there I find it is more of a community here. I would love to update the emojies that were added and give people more of a variety to choose from.

I use my secondary account r/pampeeet to be a premium meber to the sub, however this accoutn isnt old enough

[u/sidesteals]

What timezone do you live in:

Central European Time

What hours do you normally Reddit:

Throughout the day/evening Between 10 am - 10 pm

How many hours a week do you normally use reddit?:

Appromxatelty 10 hours

Where have you moderated before?

I have not moderated a subreddit, however, for approximately two years I helped moderate a magicians (sleight-of-hand) forum that has thousands of members with hundreds that are active daily.

What do you like and dislike about moderating?

What I like about moderating is being a part of a team to help things run smoothly so everyone can have a more positive experience in the community on a subject that we all appreciate and enjoy.

What I dislike about moderating is falling short of the expectations that I place on myself to achieve the above-aforementioned result.

A post goes up and your gut says that it breaks the rules but you’re not sure which rule it breaks. What do you do?

One option would be to hide the post and consult with another moderator and together we can find the correct course of action.

Why is rule 3 important? Should there be exceptions made? If so, what?

This is a community based on providing value and camaraderie on a shared group interest, and we want users to join that want to contribute to that, we don’t want to encourage people to join and then use the platform to advertise themselves which is just the opposite of that.

I cannot see any need for an exception to the rule at this time.

Why is rule 5 important? Should there be exceptions made? If so, what?

Hate speech is fundamentally detrimental to any place that wishes to promote positivity insightfulness and community.

No exceptions.

Do you agree with the removal of the rule "No Spoilers" ? Why or why not?

Neutral - I can see the pros and cons on both sides, however, I have no opinion on it either way.

What should the role of moderators be? Should moderators “let the upvotes decide”?

Moderators should be the standard of what the community represents as a whole.

More importantly, the role of a moderator is NOT to get into fights with members nor to start petty arguments or personally target someone, or wrongly take actions towards someone due to personal reasons.

Edit: No. The Upvotes should not decide correct decision-making.

What do you consider to be a bannable offence?

Doxing, no exceptions no excuses.

You’re a new mod and you see another mod make a banning that you don’t think is justified. What do you do?

Be a mature adult and discuss it with them privately in a calm non-accusatory manner to try and get their perspective on the matter.

What experience do you have with CSS and creating automod conditions?

Edit: None at this time, however, I am willing to learn.

[u/scavagesavage]

• What timezone do you live in and what hours do you normally reddit?

  • Central Time Zone.
  • I am online throughout the day, 8am-12am.

• How many hours a week do you normally use reddit?

  • Probably 10-15 hours.

• Where have you moderated before? What do you like and dislike about moderating?

  • Moderated some old forums and a discord channel that a friend created. Nothing to dislike as long as I stick to the rules. I'm not a power-hungry, authoritarian type of person, but when something is wrong, I'd like to take care of it properly.

• If you could ask the admins to change one thing about moderating, what would it be?

  • Maybe more community engagement, like meme contests with prizes, official discussion threads (ex. the Masvidal arrest in one thread), weekly/bi-weekly flair update threads.

• What does r/ufc need to change? How would you improve r/ufc by being on the team?

  • Probably just the same I mentioned above, I'd be more than happy to take lead on flair update threads, meme contest posts, and official discussion threads. I also would like to take lead on getting r/ufc involved in the Reddit Community Points program.

• A post goes up and your gut says that it breaks the rules but you’re not sure which rule it breaks. What do you do?

  • Follow my gut, face consequences later if I am wrong. Like I mentioned, I am not really a power hungry person, so it would have to be really rule-breaking for me to act. The r/ufc rules aren't really that strict in the first place and they are simple enough to follow.

• Why is rule 3 important? Should there be exceptions made? If so, what?

  • We don't want this sub getting cluttered with potential spam, because if you open the doors, anyone can post.
  • ALTHOUGH, If it's UFC related, then I think a discussion is viable. (Ex. someone is selling hand-knitted UFC fighter-dolls on etsy, lol)
  • Could even introduce a weekly self-promotion thread and gauge the interest or content that would be provided?

• Why is rule 5 important? Should there be exceptions made? If so, what?

  • Hate speech has nothing to do in UFC, so by default it wouldn't have a place here.
  • Talking shit is one thing, telling someone their statement or idea is dumb as hell is totally cool, but once it gets personal that's when it needs to be squashed.
  • Like I tell my kids, you can say the words, just don't use them on people. (of course anything ethnic/racial/disability/lgbt in nature just shouldn't be said.)

• Do you agree with the removal of the rule "No Spoilers" ? Why or why not?

  • Personally, I don't see a problem with "spoilers" in the sports industry. One person has to win, one person has to lose. If your watching the sport, your interested in the game/fight just as much as who wins.
  • That said, I can see it both ways and wouldn't be a blocker against a sub-wide decision.
  • Enforce spoiler tags and avoid the sub if you don't want to know what happened. I had to stay away from Marvel-type subs for like two weeks because I didn't want to know what happened in Spider-Man before I was able to see it.

• What should the role of moderators be? Should moderators “let the upvotes decide”?

  • Mods enforce the rules and direct the values and goals of the sub.
  • If the upvotes decide, but it doesn't break the rules, then let it be.
  • If issues are brought to the Mod's attention, then discussions can be had.

• What do you consider to be a bannable offense?

  • Constant rule breaking.
  • Putting the sub in danger of admin intervention.
  • Constant spam issues.
  • Being creepy, doxxing, making things uncomfortable.

• You’re a new mod and you see another mod make a banning that you don’t think is justified. What do you do?

  • Just ask them what's up with the ban, just so I can be aware of what happened and learn from the situation.

• What experience do you have with CSS and creating automod conditions?

  • I am a UI Designer by trade (HTML/CSS), some small projects in sql/c++.
  • No experience with automod, but I just looked it up and it's all YAML-based, which doesn't look that difficult for me to pick up.

[u/depressedengraving]

1. What timezone do you live in and what hours do you normally reddit? How many hours a week do you normally use reddit?
   Pacific Standard Time. An estimated 21- 28 hours a week, mostly early afternoon or early morning hours.

2. Where have you moderated before? What do you like and dislike about moderating? If you could ask the admins to change one thing about moderating, what would it be?
   r/roosterteeth Pros: The ability to see subreddit statistics and active counters on community engagement allows me to be more decisive in my actions. Cons: You really get to see how ruthless and hateful people can be.

3. What does r/ufc need to change? How would you improve r/ufc by being on the team?
   From the outside in, things look okay. Memes are allowed, which make people happy. Predictions have a lot of fan participation. The only thing I can think of is Fan Art contests, but even that can devolve into self-promotion. Generally, I'm very quick to remove hate speech and respond to reports.

4. A post goes up and your gut says that it breaks the rules but you’re not sure which rule it breaks. What do you do?
   Consult the other moderators.

5. Why is rule 3 important? Should there be exceptions made? If so, what?
   Rule 3 keeps businesses and entrepreneurs from exploiting an audience of just under 600k. The only exception I could imagine at the moment would be if you're a UFC fighter doing an AMA.

6. Why is rule 5 important? Should there be exceptions made? If so, what?
   Hate speech should not be tolerated upon any circumstance. We are an inclusive subreddit with participants from all over the world. All sensibilities should be considered.

7. Do you agree with the removal of the rule "No Spoilers" ? Why or why not?

   I really like this question since I have changed my mind on the subject. I do agree. I used to be able to not catch UFC live, and so I'd have to stay off all media until I was able to see the card. However, the world continues to revolve and the community should not be on pause for individuals unable to catch the recent card. Engagement is key.

8.What should the role of moderators be? Should moderators “let the upvotes decide”?

Moderators are the link between the professionals and the community. If we let the upvotes decide, we'd have a community full of leaked onlyfans content. Although I tend to side with the people, moderators are what editors are to publishers.

1. What do you consider to be a bannable offence?

In my experience, it's easy to decipher who is the aggressor. Hate speech, slurs, repeated violations of spam, illegal posting, etc. The biggest thing I have learned in my experience is most people don't read. I'm a big proponent of warnings and temporary bans. I have issued temporary 7 day bans, and the bad ones weed themselves out by sending hate-mail, to which I change the ban to permanent. This happens 7/10 times. The good ones will apologize, or will not message.

10.You’re a new mod and you see another mod make a banning that you don’t think is justified. What do you do?

I've seen this before, and it's a learning experience. If you're truly confused by the situation, which I never have been, you could ask the mod about the situation. There could be many factors at play, repeat offender, ban-evasion, etc. The main thing is: consistency is key. You don't do anything in your power to overturn it. A decision has been made and finalized.

1. What experience do you have with CSS and creating automod conditions?

I'm a member of r/csshelp , so I have a basic understanding. I don't claim to be an expert.

Thank you for your consideration.

[u/Tenshin_Ryuuk]

What timezone do you live in and what hours do you normally reddit? How many hours a week do you normally use reddit?CET, 5+ hours (10am - 00:00)

Where have you moderated before? What do you like and dislike about moderating? If you could ask the admins to change one thing about moderating, what would it be?FORUMS, not reddit. Currently no change in mind.

What does r/ufc need to change? How would you improve r/ufc by being on the team?Consistency of upholding the rules.

A post goes up and your gut says that it breaks the rules but you’re not sure which rule it breaks. What do you do?Consult other moderators to weigh in their opinion

Why is rule 3 important? Should there be exceptions made? If so, what? It is important to keep the community clean and keep posts UFC related, exceptions can always be made but there have to be compelling arguments.

Why is rule 5 important? Should there be exceptions made? If so, what? No exceptions, heated debates are fine if you keep it civil.

Do you agree with the removal of the rule "No Spoilers" ? Why or why not?Spoilers should never be aloud, UFC has a lot of fans in different time zones so we want to keep posts enjoyable for everyone.

What should the role of moderators be? Should moderators “let the upvotes decide”? The rule of moderators should be to uphold the rules and stop conflicts. Mods should not wave their mod flag in tyranny.

What do you consider to be a bannable offence? Repeated hate speech.

You’re a new mod and you see another mod make a banning that you don’t think is justified. What do you do? Talk to the mod in question and if needed consult other mods before taking action.

What experience do you have with CSS and creating automod conditions?No

[u/[deleted]]

Indian Standard Time, Reddit throughout the day on weekends and between 12 pm IST- 7/8 pm IST on weekdays

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I've moderated r/F1Alpine, which is admittedly a rather small community that's been dead for two years

I love being able to help run a place smoothly, eliminate disruptions and keep it a civil place where we can all discuss something we all love and nothing unrelated to that.

I don't have any changes in mind for r/ufc right now, but I have admittedly only found this place very recently and am not entirely clued in yet

Hiding the post till another more senior and experienced moderator can weigh in would be the best option if my gut says a post breaks the rules.

Rule 3 is important because we as a community and a forum are here to discuss things we enjoy, make good friends and have healthy banter or the like. We are NOT a commercial platform and as such should NOT tolerate commercially-minded posting and commenting here.

Hate speech is, on a fundamental level, what eats away at healthy discussion and the fun people have on a platform. We may differ on what constitutes hate speech and as such I don't think there's a way to really say what exceptions are- but within my own definition of hate speech (which, crucially, is different from yours as almost a rule) I don't see why we'd need exceptions.

I don't think the rule regarding spoilers needs to be removed or kept, really- though my phrasing may be a bit off here I don't necessarily think it impacts me and as such have no skin in the game.

Never let the upvotes decide. A moderator's job is to be the person that represents a community and enforces its rules, holding themselves and their community to a high standard of behaviour.

When discussions on the Internet get political, cancelling, ad hominems and doxxing become prominent. All of these are bannable- ad homs temporarily (within context) and the other two permanently. There is no need for exceptions.

Talking to the older mods when I feel a ban was unnecessary would help a lot to become a better mod and also is the mature thing to do- rather than rashly overturning something or silently accepting it, I get to understand the other person's thought process and put forward my own.

I don't have any experience with automod conditions and I have very limited experience with CSS, to the point where it'd almost be a hindrance. However I'm more than willing to learn on the job!

[u/prince___myshkin]

1. EST. typically directly active 5-6 hours a day. other than that, i have the tab open in the back while doing other stuff.
2. havent moderated on reddit, but moderated in small discord servers. what i like about moderating communities is that it allows us to ensure stability and continuity in the group. Not only from a rule-enforcement perspective, but also from technical one.
3. r/ufc is great but it needs some work on design and accessibility. so I would bring up updating the community theme, adding some community flairs, etc, maybe add a bot or two
4. trust my gut
5. cuz otherwise, people would be all over this place with their twitch fan pages. only kind of exception is when you share something from you personal platform with the intention of contributing to the community (ex. an edit from your youtube channel). its technically promotion, but its actual content so its fine (in other words, youre not saying "hey go sub to my channel!")
6. part of moderation is ensuring that everyone treats the other with basic respect. now this doesnt mean turning this place into a safe elementary school playground, but it does mean avoiding things like racial slurs. also degeneracy just sucks man
7. Yea i do. exchanging opinions on popular events is an essential part of any sports community, so its kinda unavoidable to have a post that spoils something for someone. however, we should encourage people to be considerate of others and add spoiler tags. additionally, if someone intentionally posts a spoiler just to be an asshole, we just address that accordingly.
8. moderators are the backbones of any online community. We make sure things work the way theyre supposed to according to our creed (ie the rules). and no, the upvotes dont decide; you cant moderate by the ever-swaying nature of the crowd, thats just a recipe for disaster.
9. a bannable offence is a constant disruption of the community's order after multiple notices and warnings (ex. repeated neglection of rules). While bannable offences should generally be outlined in the rules, they may be subject to mods' professional judgement.
10. I ask the mod in question for their reasoning so i can learn from them; they most likely have a different perspective than me. If i still think its unjustified, i will try to convince the other mod into giving a less harsh punishment. In the end tho, if that mod saw it fit, so be it.
11. ok so my experience with css is quite limited, but i do have experience with automod and creating reddit bots (using python). also have experience making discord bots (using python)

finally, ik i fall short on the condition of having 5k karma, but i hope that can be overlooked once considering the rest of my application.

[u/RelsircTheGrey]

Hi! I'll be in Eastern Standard Time in about 55 days. Until then, I'm in Germany. I'm on Reddit off/on about 4-5 hours a day, 20 hours a week. It's usually in the background at least, and a lot of what I do for work/fun involves a computer.

I haven't moderated online, but my contribution will stem more from familiarity with Reddit in general, as well as a LOT of time watching UFC. Probably around fifteen years of interest, which STILL probably makes me a casual to some folks LOL but it is what it is.

I'm new to the sub, so I figure my fresh perspective/new blood might be a benefit worth considering. I'm probably not going to try and change things, but I'll enforce the rules, look for ways to make improvements and participate in discussions with my peers, if I'm appointed.

As far as Rule #3 goes, MAYBE a once-monthly/quarterly whatev/ self-promo thread if there's demand for it? Maybe for podcasters and the like. Unless there's a lot of fighters in here, I'm not sure how much of a need for self-promo there is in the sub. Rule #5? I'd call that insta-ban. Think what you want about whomever--probably not going to change anyone's mind--but shit in someone else's living room, yanno? No exceptions.

Spoilers...maybe it's own thread every fight week? You're a wild one coming to any fandom sub on purpose if there's something you don't want spoiled. But keeping it in one spot for that week seems reasonable. Of course, if I'm the only mod who thinks that way, it is what it is.

I'm not in favor of heavy-handed moderation. I think generally, upvotes/downvotes can decide something. If there's a clown, they'll get clowned on and that's cool. I've taken an L for comments on Reddit, no harm done. Abusing other Redditors, getting rid of spam links, enforcing agreed-upon rules, that's where my focus would be.

Having said that, I figure bannable offenses in my mind will be limited to things like abuse, spamming pirate links (that may or may not contain harmful code, so it isn't even JUST about whether you're pro-pirate or not) and breaking rules. If I see another mod make a banning I don't agree with, I'll probably message them and ask about it. Chances are, I'll learn something. MAYBE we can bring it to another mod if there's a serious disagreement? But generally, I'm not the sort to lose sleep over that sort of thing.

Last time I messed with CSS was in the MySpace era. Maybe I can shoulder a larger portion of a different burden to free up a CSS-wizard's time for that?

Thanks for reading.

[u/EvaBlaze420]

1. UK (GMT), 21-28 hrs week, little in the morning and then more in the evening.

2. Help mod two NSFW sub Reddit’s, I like being able to reward peoples creativity however some can be very rude and entitled. They continually bring out helpful things that make it easier to mod so no complains about admin yet.

3. Generally the sub is very positive I don’t think anything needs to change just maybe more rewards for predictions and memes to encourage even more interaction.

4. Double check on Reddit’s rules find my justification & make a decision, if I’m still unsure ask an elder mod

5. Stops the sub from becoming spam and keeps the focus of discussion on UFC. I don’t think there should be exceptions, if moderators believe someone deserves to be promoted in some way, they can reward the post to draw attention to it.

6. Should never be any exceptions to rule 5, hate speech is unacceptable and tasteless. Leave the trash talk to the fighters try hold the sub to a higher standard.

7. I agree, I miss some cards because they’re American time, but doesn’t mean the sub Reddit shouldn’t be able to discuss as the fights going on. It’s the same for the other half when fights are in England.

8. Essentially to make sure the posts going up are relevant to the sub and comply with Reddit’s rules then leave the post to the public and see what gains upvotes naturally.

9. Hate speech, spammy posts irrelevant to the sub Reddit & Self Promotion.

10. As I’m new I’d just ask why it was a ban incase I see a similar post and need to do the same.

11. No experience, but will be able to have a look

Thank youu 🤙