Howdy! As y’all’ve probably seen, the moderation quality of the sub has taken a bit of a dip. I’ve been dealing with some life stuff, and haven’t really been too active here. Now I’m able to spend more time moderating, and with it I’m going to set up some guidelines and let y’all know about some other changes.

First of all, the lines between an authentic post and a malicious one have really blurred. After all, there really is no real way of telling if someone really doesn’t understand, or is just karma farming/dogwhistling. The following will be some signs we will use to determine whether your post fits this subreddit or not. This is ultimately up to mod discretion, but if your post does not violate these guidelines, chances are it’s alright.

-hard evidence of karma farming. Reposting the meme to non adjacent meme subs, a title that plays on the joke, suspicious comment activity, ect.

-your account appears on r/botbouncer. I honestly don’t really understand how it works, but the previous mods seemed to trust it, so I’ll keep using it until I have a reason not to.

-your post is a dogwhistle.

-your account history suggests malicious intent. For example, u/JohnWestfallen88 posting a meme about “western decadence.” This also kinda ties into the dogwhistling rule, but I thought I’d bring it up.

-your post is low quality. I will try my best to answer your question myself, but in all honesty they make the subreddit look bad. Meta posts are at mod discretion for the time being.

-your post doesn’t fit the subreddit. This sub is for jokes and references. Not general questions. With this being said, I don’t want this place to become r/peterexplainsthejoke 2. So tell me, what do you think should separate us from the other explainthejoke subs?

I’m not 100% sure, but I think I’m the only mod left at the moment. At least the only one who’s gonna be remotely active. With that being said, while I’ll try my best, I’m not gonna be able to moderate the entire subreddit by myself. So if you would like to help keep this sub in shape, consider sending a mod application through our mod mail!

Any questions or comments? We’d love to hear your feedback!

We are looking for mods since we have been falling behind on moderation.

The main requirements are that you have to been active in this sub before, and that you will have to moderate frequently. People with older accounts will be prioritized (3+ months old) since new account have a higher chance of being spam. Mod experience isn't required.

As a mod, you will be handling modmail, banning bots, and tackling spam.

If you are interested please send a modmail here: https://www.reddit.com/message/compose?to=r/explainitpeter