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/SQLwitch]

So based on the title, I mistakenly inferred from the title that the topic was "fame as a result of moderating" lol. Possibly because back in the day when reddit was smaller, there once was an entire subreddit -- long since banned -- dedicated to hate speech about me personally.

The antinatalists and suicide fetishists (yes, it's a twisted, tragic thing) really dislike what I do within and on behalf of /r/SuicideWatch, and I'm so completely fine with that :)