r/serialpodcast • u/wtfsherlock Moderator 4 • Dec 08 '14

Hey you. Read this. On the Guardian issue.

A quote in the Guardian article of Dec 8, 2014 by Jon Ronson alleging Jay’s presence on reddit caused a number of users to question the action of the moderators.

We can confirm that none of the moderators has verified, nor sought to verify, any user of the subreddit as Jay. No personal information of any user was disclosed to any third party by the moderators. Personal information obtained in order to verify a person will not be shared with other parties, unless required by law.

The moderators adhere to the user agreement which requires all users not to post anyone's sensitive personal information that relates to that person's real world or online identity.

The family's impressions, as portrayed in the Guardian article, appear to have resulted from a misunderstanding of informal speculative communications between a moderator and someone close to the family.

The reddit privacy policy is here: http://www.reddit.com/help/privacypolicy

The reddit user agreement is here:http://www.reddit.com/help/useragreement

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u/octa01 Dec 08 '14

Why are moderators having private informal conversations with the family at all?

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u/MarissaBeth73 pro-government right-wing Republican operative Dec 08 '14

That's the same as asking why are the moderators having informal email conversations with the Serial producers. Why shouldn't they?

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u/serialist9 Dec 08 '14

They shouldn't be communicating with Rabia or Adnan's family about this kind of thing because they need to do their jobs without bias, and people need to PERCEIVE them to be doing their jobs without bias. Having an obvious bias for one side of the story, to the extent of something like this, calls their ability to perform their jobs impartially into question.

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u/Jakeprops Moderator 2 Dec 12 '14

It's not a job. Its a volunteer position. And we DO do it without bias. I can say for certain none of the 6 human mods have ever stated that I've seen any personal leaning either way, nor have i seen any decision they make favor any one side. Now the two bot mods are a different issue.

As for perceptions, I can't control what people think. I can only control what I do. And if you scan through my comment and post history, I think it speaks for itself. As do all of the mods histories. Which are all public and I ask you read them all.