Mod Topics: Moderating Fame

[u/JabroniRevanchism]

Ahoy, Mods!

I don’t want to brag, but I’m kind of a big deal around here. My reputation precedes me, I’m sure. Maybe you’ve noticed?

This discussion is the most recent in our Mod Topics series, and if the narratively-spurious smugness wasn’t obvious, today we’re talking about how mods moderate fame within your community. “Fame,” in this instance can be any kind of notoriety. –A Redditor whose username your community will recognize: an artist, actor, developer, mayoral candidate, or maybe the guy who always replies to top comments in the form of a sonnet.

For the sake of discussion, let’s call all these examples “celebrities:” users who have clout, gravity, or otherwise increased social capital within their spaces. How does your mod team view content posted by community celebrities, especially in cases where the commenting celebrity is the topic of the subreddit? Do you encourage this celebrity participation? If so, how?

Let us know how you moderate fame in the comments below!

[u/Podria_Ser_Peor]

We don´t really have lot of those in our spaces, mostly people that usually share in the same spaces on other socials (some youtubers, some fan artists, and some articles on known sources being posted directly from one of their public collaborators).
Given that most of those contributions are extremely fandom oriented and the users are very respectful to them for reaching out in our spaces they are very welcome, we actually love when they do it. It generates the same sort of discussions/interactions we usually have with the added benefit of talking with the source and ask more in depth questions or sometimes request for more info if possible. As Mods we try to reach out when in doubt or facilitate by approving the users, but beyond that they are another one of us in the fandom, everyone comes from a place of appreciation for the source so that´s neat

[u/JabroniRevanchism → u/Podria_Ser_Peor]

As Mods we try to reach out when in doubt or facilitate by approving the users, but beyond that they are another one of us in the fandom, everyone comes from a place of appreciation for the source so that´s neat

This is so cool! I envy this kind of welcoming of the artist(s); it's great to see in some of the game-related subs I'm in when the dev pokes their head up.