Hello /r/Games! As the subreddit has passed 3.2 Million subscribers! we once again find ourselves struggling to keep up with the manpower required to moderate a growing subreddit that is already of a considerable size. Generally, as a mod team we run on the smaller side. This has many benefits including easier communication and consistency. Unfortunately the downside to this is when real-life comes calling, our team can be very quickly put on the back foot in terms of handling moderation duties. Many people come to /r/Games as their primary aggregate of news in the industry, so keeping it clean and well managed is our chief concern.

In an effort to keep individual man hours to a minimum (this is a volunteer gig after all), while still maintaining our commitment to strong moderation, occasionally we must replenish and expand our team. With that in mind, we are opening recruitment.

We are currently looking for Moderators of all time-zones. We have a particular interest in people who can cover American or European time zones, although again, we are seeking mods from all time zones

No matter the country you live in or the hours you're active, if you feel like you would be a good addition to our mod team then please read on and, if you're still interested, submit an application!

Below, we've included a list of Requirements and Preferred Qualities we're looking for in our applicants.

A content warning of sorts:

While modding /r/Games, we deal with a large volume of heinous content including but not limited to transphobia, homophobia, racism, poor taste remarks about rape, suicide, etc. Moderating this subreddit will expose you to potentially triggering content on a daily basis.

If seeing, or often times having this directed towards you is going to be an issue, modding r/Games may not be a good fit for you. Please consider this carefully before applying.

In a similar but less important vein, while it is not impossible, avoiding spoilers can be difficult for large/upcoming games.

Requirements

• Power Mods/Mods of many other large subreddits need not apply. Most of our moderators only moderate /r/Games, or one or two other smaller sized subreddits. We have no interest in sub collectors. Experienced moderators are great, but we don't want to be just another notch on your belt. Every year we put this in, and every year Power Mods apply anyways. Please do not waste our time or yours.

• You must be able to coordinate with the rest of the moderation team while you are moderating. We currently use Discord for team discussions and communicating when you will be away for extended periods of time.

• Your current reddit account must be at least one year old.

• You must be willing and able to put a decent amount of time into moderating on /r/Games. If you can only spare an hour or two a week then please do not apply.

• We expect applicants to be familiar with the /r/Games community, but we do not require moderators to be actively posting.

• Moderating is greatly helped by third-party browser extensions such as Reddit Enhancement Suite. Being able to install such extensions on the computer(s) you use to browse reddit would be a very good thing. Mobile apps lack tools required for quality moderating. Because of this, individuals who primarily browse Reddit via mobile should not apply

Time zones

• We are currently seeking moderators from all time-zones, with an emphasis on US and European time zones.

Duties

Moderators of /r/Games are expected to be able to perform most reddit moderating tasks - we do not have dedicated specialist roles on this subreddit.

The main thing that takes up our time is reviewing user reports on posts. This community is active and passionate but unfortunately some users go too far with memeing, or attacking other users. Moderators are also expected to be able to answer messages that we receive from users via the subreddit's moderator mail, such as queries about post removals or people checking if a proposed post would fit the rules of the subreddit.

Other duties you will encounter as a moderator include dealing with spam and deliberate self-promotion, banning users who have seriously or repeatedly broken the subreddit rules, and discussions with other moderators for reviewing moderation actions or planning the future of this subreddit.

Questionnaire

We have decided to shift our recruitment process away from a 2-round system and move to a single round. Round 1 was originally meant as a filter for low-effort applications, however as the years have gone by and our questions have evolved, Round 1 has become somewhat redundant.

All of this is a long winded way of saying that you should put effort into your answers. Low-effort responses will be discarded.

Please send your applications through via this form and please be sure to modmail us on the Reddit account you applied with informing us that you applied simply so we can be sure it isn't an imposter trying to slander your name.

We will gather applications until Friday, September 22nd, and then review them. From there we will go over applicants as a team, and reach out to those we'd like to bring onboard! The process may take several weeks; we'll be as quick as we can but we imagine there will be lots of internal discussion and we cannot guarantee that there will not be delays.

We are looking for moderators that can provide long term commitment to /r/Games (at least 6 months), members of our community who want to help us keep our goals and provide the content our users love.

We have very modest activity requirements from our Moderators to make sure there isn't anybody just sitting on the list. This is based on all moderator actions, and not just removals. We don't want to waste our time or yours, so If you don't feel you can commit to helping our community, please hold back your application until a time when you feel you can.

Please modmail us after you have applied so we can confirm it is you!!