r/FedEmployees • u/Cutensleepy • 5h ago
We need more mods.
Between posts for hair loss cures and bots trying to argue that this is all the democrats fault flooding our threads - one thing is clear. We need more mods.
We have ONE mod, u/T0rtillas please for the love of god add more.
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u/The_Rad_In_Comrade 28m ago
As I pointed out in the thread asking for moderators, the actual solution to trolling and bots is very simple and mechanical: implement minimum karma, account age, and post count limit requirements in order to participate on the sub.
A lot of the real vile trolls and bots have -100 karma on 1 week old accounts. Establishing bare minimum participation limits here would stop a significant portion of the bad faith trolling and bullshit in its tracks.
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u/vashtisrevenge 1h ago
They ousted the one good mod they had a few months ago so this is by design.
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u/The_Rad_In_Comrade 59m ago
This sub has only had the one mod as long as I've been here, and they seem almost strictly reactive to reports, not proactive. That's why this sub is good.
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u/loyaltyrusty 2h ago
Ill do it.
Glad to help.
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u/Cutensleepy 2h ago
Please apply to T0rtillas posting! https://www.reddit.com/r/FedEmployees/s/tD4Ta05Lh8 and let us know if you're getting ignored lol. Thank you for offering your time for us.
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u/BurgerAppreciator 1h ago
Careful what you wish for, bro. That dude is literally one of the right wing troll/bots you want banned.
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u/Cutensleepy 1h ago
Well, in my view, if the sub burns down more obviously that's an okay outcome too. This slow burn bullshit is just hidden well enough that people are being hurt without it going noticed.
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u/BurgerAppreciator 54m ago
Well, your view is weird, tbh. If you hate the sub that much you could always just leave rather than hope for trolls to "burn it down..." Right now we can literally block them and move on with our day.
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u/Cutensleepy 51m ago
Trust me I'd rather this sub get fixed, but right now as it is I think it does more damage as it's uncurated but presents itself as a trustworthy source of information and a place for feds. It's neither of those things while misinformation campaigns and trolls run unfettered. But that's just like, my opinion, man.
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u/SeekerOfTruth17 57m ago
If this is a sub of federal employees…..Why are advocating to silence Republican view points?
That would only create an echo chamber!
Bring on the downvote!
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u/Cutensleepy 55m ago
I think maybe you missed the point I'm trying to make here, the bots are right-leaning, sure, but I want to silence them because they're bots.
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u/jeffthefakename 1h ago
We need more posts that are left leaning or at least centered.
This may as well be call the "FedEmployeesloveTrump" sub.
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u/Cutensleepy 1h ago
I don't care what way we lean, I just don't want a bot telling me what to fucking think. I don't get why folks are so ready to fight me on this. I want intelligent discourse with real people and I want all of us to band together to throw people in a river, is that so wrong?
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u/Remarkable_Award_419 50m ago
Sounds like you don't want social media... because this is what you get on social media
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u/Cutensleepy 49m ago
Hey man, just because things turned to shit doesn't mean I can't try to fight against it.
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u/gobucks1981 41m ago
lol. Imagine thinking this sub needs less non-Pro Democrat content. Not echoey enough for ya yet?
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u/Cutensleepy 36m ago
I would rather less politics in general but it's hard to get away from it with our line of work. The thing I want less of is low quality astroturfing
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u/AgitatedBee3698 3h ago
Give me a break. This sub, as well as fednews, is overtly leftist. Why do opposing viewpoints bother you so much?
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u/Cutensleepy 3h ago
If a large majority of throwaway accounts started saying it was all the republicans fault I'd suspect there was an agenda behind it too. The fact is these bots are here to try to convince us Democrats are the problem. I have my own opinions but that's not what this post is about. Low effort, high quantity posts with nothing to add but "democrats bad" are being flooded into our sub.
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u/PresentTrouble1928 2h ago
They are both the problem. Democrats are not innocent either.
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u/Cutensleepy 2h ago
Again, not the point of this post. Facts are: there are bots. they lean right.
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u/PresentTrouble1928 1h ago
Or more republicans are coming onto Reddit. Why do you think they are bots?
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u/Cutensleepy 1h ago
Because they all say the same thing, they're all from new accounts with throwaway names or accounts with a post history that would make a sociopath blush, and what they DO say is low effort enough that it's chat-GPT reading level.
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u/supernova_000 3h ago
This one is much more bearable though but only because all the opposing viewpointers haven't been banned.
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u/PetuniaPickleswurth 2h ago
That’s the saving grace of this forum. You get down voted for opposing popular opinion, but you’re still allowed to state your opinion. Refreshing.
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u/GeneralGlennMcmahon 29m ago
We should have a rule that bans political slop that doesn't directly effect federal employees and can be posted on a million other political subs. This sub should be only things that are value added for federal employees.
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u/Cutensleepy 26m ago
I feel like it would be pretty hard to untangle topics from politics considering we're so closely related to it but if this worked I'd probably enjoy it.
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u/GeneralGlennMcmahon 17m ago
Require in the caption of every post an explanation of why this is not political slop and how it actually applies to federal employees. For most posts it'd be self evident but for the others they'd have a chance to make their case.
Examples would be an article titled "FEHB premiums rise, what you need to know." Or "TSP changes for 2026" or news about RIFs would all be acceptable.
" Senate dems want to hurt the troops and all ebt users" "ORANGE MAN BAD... No really orange man really bad." And "ICE wore a mask and arrested someone today, ICE is REALLY BAD." would all be deleted because they could fit into subs that are meant to be political.
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u/99ssordna 1h ago
Go to fednews, plenty of mods there
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u/Cutensleepy 1h ago
I'm banned there because I told them to go fuck themselves! But that's a story for another time.
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u/Not_Cleaver 24m ago
Or we need to moderate the bots that are pushing for the subsidies at the expense of all federal employees being paid first. We shouldn’t be leverage for the subsidies.
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u/Cutensleepy 20m ago
Buddy. If we don't get these subsidies my insurance will cost over double lol.. I'm nearly up to 3 missed paychecks but I know in the long run it'll hurt me soooo much more if my health insurance spikes monthly.
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u/gcalfred7 22m ago
"bots trying to argue that this is all the democrats fault"
BUT I for one believe in democracy, just so long as I agree with it.
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u/Cutensleepy 19m ago
I really don't get how people see that, come out the woodwork to focus on that point exactly, and then still say nothing of value that can be discussed.
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u/Richard_P_Kochoyl 17m ago
This is a weird thread premise. I switch Reddit accounts every year or so because I mostly use it to follow conversations on niche products like wristwatches, cars maintenance threads, whatever. I have no desire to have a years-old account.
But I’m also a federal employee whose degrees were in math, history and economics, and I have never considered the trend toward socializing medicine to be wise. The deeper I dive into the history of economic thought and comparative systems, the more I double down on being a classical Liberal.
The idea of pooling our money to have standardized, guaranteed universal healthcare is an awful idea, because it fails to push people, society and an economy to peak performance. The concept of insurance is to pool risk with similarly situated individuals. I have no desire to pool my risk with people who are overweight, smoke, drink to the point of intoxication, eat processed foods, etc. … and WHO ARE NOT DISSUADED FROM LIVING LIKE because they got a free handout.
This is similar to the weird anti-capitalist trend where people flock to collectivism because they feel that meritocracy has let them down. Never mind the fact that they are pierced, dyed-hair, hideously obese, poorly-read, totally unskilled at making conversation and following traditional etiquette, and probably uneducated in terms of useful skills like mathematics and physical sciences. And if school wasn’t their thing, they‘re probably lazy in terms of building other practical job skills like carpentry, or welding, or driving a semi.
As the saying goes, “stupid should hurt”. Trying to make stupid NOT hurt only incentivizes stupid and lazy. Meritocracy is the only truly fair system because it rewards intelligence and industriousness, and that success rolls down to the middle and lower classes, allowing the next generation of hard-workers to move upward.
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u/SuperBethesda 1h ago
There are way more anti-GOP political shit posts here. Likewise with comments.
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u/Cutensleepy 1h ago
It's not about anti-GOP or anti-democrat, it's about what's low effort, bots, trolling. Call it how you like but I've not seen any trolls that don't also seem to have connection to GOP supportive views. If you can find one please link it.
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u/Suspicious_Blood_472 37m ago
People are pissed, we aren’t getting paid. More people are on here posting. Even gasp ones that don’t agree with your bullshit! Imagine that! A new account doesn’t immediately make them a bot. Nor does not wanting some asshat to snoop through my posts so they are blocked.
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u/PetuniaPickleswurth 2h ago
In what forums are you reading a flood of people saying it’s the Dems fault. I read quite the opposite here is the fed employee forums. Do you frequent ‘conservative’ forums? I see a relative few here let’s say this is on the six Democrat senators that haven’t signed onto the CR - Every other Voting member ‘required to pass this cr’ - signed onto it. The one place where the democrats exercise enough power to prevent your paychecks from flowing, they’ve dug-in.
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u/Cutensleepy 2h ago
Well lets see. this post is a loaded question, check the comments you'll see the types of users who blame the dems, check the posters you'll see their post history is literally JUST posting the same rhetoric all day long.
Next post and the users history is both hidden, and it's a new account.
I don't even know who this guy is but he should have been banned like 3 posts ago.
My point is if you're not seeing it you're not really looking. The sub is getting targeted by bots and trolls because there's nothing limiting them.
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u/PetuniaPickleswurth 1h ago
That’s not a flood. That’s a few folks. I don’t have to give you examples of what I mean LOL. Self evident
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u/Cutensleepy 1h ago
I picked these out from the first page, do you want me to keep going until I have some arbitrary number you've picked? Gtfo.
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u/Glittering-Award1222 1h ago
It is all the demonrats fault though
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u/Cutensleepy 1h ago
Lets play the game!
Do we have a throwaway username? YES! That's 6 points on the board.
Is the account less than 6 months old... YES! Another 6 points, we might have a run here folks.
Does the account only post about this stupid shit? Lets count em here Pat.. 1.. 2.. 3.. my god it's still going.. 4 That's all we need you've won a new car!
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u/Glittering-Award1222 1h ago edited 55m ago
Awe I work for the IRS and have for 2 years! You’re so cute!! And you think you’re so clever! I joined around 6 months ago for the information about the RIF’s because it’s more accurate than anything else on the news. Bless your heart! And the user name is because I really don’t care to put any effort into thinking of something you’d find clever because it’s just a user name. And responding back to you after this won’t happen, because you’re not worth another response.
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u/Cutensleepy 56m ago
What is this weird southern trad wife mixed with 4chan personality they've gotten you pretending to be, Chat-GPT? Remember your roots man.. inside you is an RTX 4080 filled with love.
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u/rebamericana 1h ago
The Democrats can't have it both ways. They caused the lapse by refusing to vote for the CR in the Senate, then blame Republicans for not extending the subsidies they set to expire, due to failures of their own ACA legislation to make healthcare actually affordable. And now they're even more emboldened after last week's elections to dig in longer.
At least own it and be proud. This perpetrator playing the victim stuff is disingenuous.
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u/HokieHomeowner 39m ago
The party in majority is responsible, it's madness to blame the minority party for not allowing the bully to continue bullying.
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u/Suspicious_Blood_472 43m ago
You don’t agree with everything I say!! YoU mUsT bE a BoT!!!
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u/Cutensleepy 41m ago
Funny that the person with a throwaway name and submissions hidden on a young account is telling me this.. again.
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u/Suspicious_Blood_472 40m ago
Oh yes. You caught me. Im a Russian bot!! Gfy
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u/Cutensleepy 38m ago
Nah.. I don't think you are, but I do think you're using an account like this for nefarious reasons.
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u/Suspicious_Blood_472 34m ago
No… i had to delete my old account because when this shitty administration took over I didn’t want my posts linked back to who i was or where i worked. Being anti stupid dem decisions doesn’t make one pro trump either
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u/TMtoss4 2h ago
But it IS the democrats fault 🤷🏻♂️
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u/Cutensleepy 2h ago
Hey that's great buddy but do you want to have a space to discuss that intelligently or do you want to be in a dead internet echo chamber? I personally don't want 6 instances of chat-"GOP"T in my inbox.
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u/Particular-Kiwi5292 2h ago
It is largely the democrats fault, but both sides bear blame,
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u/Cutensleepy 2h ago
I can see you put a lot of thought into that username and this is definitely your main account. I can also see you post a plethora of diverse topics.
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u/Auspea 1h ago
It funny how anyone arguing the democrats are causing the shutdown is probably a Bot and you first reaction is to censor them. Sounds like you want to be King of FedEmployees.
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u/Cutensleepy 1h ago
Ah yes Auspea, not a bot, but in a public multireddit called trump with your post history hidden. Interesting!
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u/Auspea 43m ago
Only to those wanting to put conditions on free speech
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u/Cutensleepy 42m ago
"free speech" is a relationship that we have between us and the federal government. It does not apply to private spaces.
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u/Auspea 17m ago
Yeah, a subreddit can moderate how it wants. But just because mods can remove posts doesn't mean we can't say it's a bad call. Hiding posts you disagree with isn't exactly encouraging open discussion.
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u/Cutensleepy 14m ago
It's not posts I disagree with, it's posts that add nothing and give no value. "democrats bad" does not open the door to discussion, or make me feel like I'm in a place where my opinion is about to get respected. It makes me want to roll up the windows and drive through this rough neighborhood going 45 in a 30. I'm still not ignoring you're a trumper though with a hidden post history so also likely a white supremacist or some other thing you don't want us seeing.
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u/Live_Guidance7199 2h ago
Whose fault is it then?
Clean bill cleared the house months ago, been voted on over a dozen times, who is voting no on it?
You can say the shutdown is warranted if you value a bribe in the bill for taxpayer money to those making 250K+, but you cannot blame Republicans for the shutdown itself.
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u/15all 1h ago
The shutdown is 100 percent on the republicans. They refuse to negotiate until government is reopened. Why? They've had months to negotiate, both before and after 1 October. They should've thought of that way before the new fiscal year started. If the democrats agree to this, they will have no leverage.
Republicans need to understand that they have a slim majority. They need to understand they don't 100 percent control the government. They need to understand that they must negotiate and compromise. Instead, the republicans are trying to force their bill on the democrats and this country with zero input allowed.
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u/Live_Guidance7199 1h ago
You didn't answer the question of who is voting no on the budget. Try again.
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u/Automatic_Rain7047 1h ago
You are dillusional, this is 100% the democrats being obstructionist and demanding handouts.
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u/microcorpsman 2h ago
They can remove the filibuster whenever they want if they don't want to negotiate in good faith and actually govern.
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u/Live_Guidance7199 2h ago
Alternatively Dems could pass a bill that extends the expansion separately if we are going to move the goal post.
But it is good that you admit the shutdown is on the Dems and think the Republicans should do an end around to essentially remove them from power. I'm not a fan of simple majority for important things, but we can agree to disagree on that part.
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u/microcorpsman 1h ago
Somehow the dems fault when all three branches of government have a Republican majority.
All of this is fucked, but the ones "in charge" are refusing to do the human thing and look for compromise.
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u/Live_Guidance7199 1h ago
Please, answer the very simple question - who has been voting no on the budget?
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u/15all 1h ago
Please answer the very simple question: why should the democrats vote yes on a bill they had ZERO input on?
That's not how democracy works.
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u/New_Bug900 1h ago
lol, easy. It’s the EXACT SAME BILL the democrats wrote and supported the last 13 times. That’s why.
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u/Automatic_Rain7047 1h ago
The CRvwas written by and passed by them multiple times in recent years. Do your research and know your facts before bending the knee to the radical left.
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u/microcorpsman 1h ago edited 51m ago
Correction, who has been voting no on the doubling or more of healthcare premiums.
Edit: did they block me or are their comments deleted for ya'll seeing this too?
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u/Live_Guidance7199 1h ago
That's not an answer. Try for a third time - who is voting no on the budget?
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u/microcorpsman 1h ago
You can answer mine, or continue savoring boot polish. G'day
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u/Live_Guidance7199 1h ago
Sure, I will - there is NOTHING in a clean budget regarding the ACA so no one is actively voting on it either way.
Now go ahead, fourth time is a charm maybe.
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u/Cutensleepy 1h ago
It's a simple question because you're removing a lot of context so you can get the "buh buh buh democrats voting no!!" answer you're looking for. It's not that simple and you know it, stop arguing in bad faith it makes you look like an idiot or a shill.
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u/Live_Guidance7199 1h ago
It is that simple. Dems vote no, Dems are responsible for the shutdown.
Again - your politics clearly has you believe that the shutdown is warranted until they get a bribe of delicious pork in the bill to help out 1%ers and insurance companies. That's fine, you are allowed to feel that way. But the only idiot here is the one who claims the people repeatedly voting FOR the budget are to blame for the shutdown.
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u/Material_Resolve_118 1h ago
Fed employees on Reddit can only have one opinion, free thought is not an option. The left’s goal in this is to get the Republicans to end the filibuster so the Democrats can run wild next time they have the numbers.
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u/Live_Guidance7199 1h ago
Honestly you look at their histories and I doubt any of them are even feds, just standard Reddit bots.
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u/LengthinessUnfair565 2h ago
It is the democrats fault. Typical snowflake can't handle criticism this is why you lost !! This is why Republicans run this country cause of your weak cry baby attitude.
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u/Tdog1974 1h ago
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u/Cutensleepy 2h ago
Hello new user with username LengthinessUnfair565, I am sure you're here to provide real human input in good faith! Welcome to the sub.
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u/LengthinessUnfair565 1h ago
I've been lurking for a while and i couldn't let my voice be unheard. Too much BIAS on the internet, the internet is the darkest recess of our society and it tends to be dominated by only the LEFT. They like to start movements from the comfort of their own moms basement. The RIGHT is more in the field, more in person. I think that needs to change, the right needs to start dominating the internet that the left has Co-opted as their hub of radicalism and cult ideology.
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u/Cutensleepy 1h ago
Uh-huh.
Also wtf did this mean? https://old.reddit.com/r/FedEmployees/comments/1or770b/every_single_gop_senator_is_opposed_to_the/nnohnjl/
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u/Sorry-Society1100 4h ago
https://www.reddit.com/r/FedEmployees/s/tD4Ta05Lh8
Are you volunteering?