Hey r/Apple!
aaronp613 here. I’ve been a moderator here for close to 5 years, but some of you might recognize my name from the Apple Event threads posted here over the past few years.
As of yesterday, I have joined MacRumors as a contributing researcher which leaves me in a bit of a pickle as to what I should do as far as my moderator status on this subreddit.
I’ll admit, ever since the API changes and strike, I have not really moderated this subreddit (or really any subreddit) that much, but as mentioned above, I still handle the Apple Event megathreads each time as I love experiencing the Apple Events with all of you.
So now the question is, what do I do?
Obviously, I should not be handling any day to day moderation going forward as I beleive that every news blog that follows our guidelines should have an equal and fair chance of being posted on our forum without the appearance of any potential bias from the moderation team.
When I brought this up to some of the other r/apple moderators, 2 possible solutions we thought of were these:
Option 1: Only continue posting Apple event threads and moderate the comments on those threads (leaving the news posting to another moderator).
Option 2: Option 1 but I also continue to post news links during the event for each topic. Accusations of bias can be avoided as we always post whichever news blog posts first, so the timestamps would speak for themselves.
So I want to hear your thoughts on the matter, because at the end of the day we are a community.
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Just do the megathreads, it’s not that big if a deal.
Option 3: Give up your position as a mod. There’s a clear conflict of interest and you don’t seem to want to be too involved anyway.
Following up with people who may not see the update:
https://www.reddit.com/r/apple/comments/17xpa3n/addressing_a_conflict_of_interest_on_rapple/k9q045r/
That was an honorable decision. Good on you for listening to the community.
Don’t post nor moderate MacRumors posts. Comments are safe to moderate for the usual rule breaking. It’s that simple.
Thanks for being open and honest. I will respect you by bringing the same with you.
Step down as a mod. That’s it. That simple. Anything less gives off conflict of interest vibes no matter how transparent you attempt to be.
Congratulations on your new position. Now do the right thing.
Following up with people who may not see the update:
https://www.reddit.com/r/apple/comments/17xpa3n/addressing_a_conflict_of_interest_on_rapple/k9q045r/
Out you go…
MacRumors… Is that a McDonald’s menu update site?
I’ll admit, ever since the API changes and strike, I have not really moderated this subreddit (or really any subreddit) that much, but as mentioned above, I still handle the Apple Event megathreads each time as I love experiencing the Apple Events with all of you.
So you were doing little mod work overall, someone else can create a megathread those 2/3 times a week and you can still interact “with all of us” like you love so much.
I don’t care at all who is a mod or isn’t.
Option 3: You were already not doing much with your mod position during most of the year. The obvious choice is right there, leave the mod team and let others pick up the slack on the events (which is a time a lot of people is probably interested, so likely other mods are available as well), or get a new mod that would actually do more than just show up 2 or 3 times a year.
You can still contribute and be a part of the community without being a mod.
Not sure why stepping down isn’t an option because it’s the only good one here imo.
Following up with people who may not see the update:
https://www.reddit.com/r/apple/comments/17xpa3n/addressing_a_conflict_of_interest_on_rapple/k9q045r/
Just saw the update, appreciated. Huge congrats and hope you enjoy your time at 925 (some of my friends work there too ☺️)
Option 2 seems fine and congrats on the job!!!
I feel like there’s a third option that it seems like the mod team isn’t discussing: leave the moderating to the other mods.
Because they don’t want to. Not sure why they’re even asking us.
Following up with people who may not see the update:
https://www.reddit.com/r/apple/comments/17xpa3n/addressing_a_conflict_of_interest_on_rapple/k9q045r/
First congratulations on your new job! Will you still be around and post to the apple community if you step down from moderating?
For sure
When we had a moderator at GoPro start working for the company they immediately stopped moderating due to the obvious conflict of interest. The Pebble subreddit got blasted for having employee mods. I think the choice is pretty obvious.
Congrats. You’ve graduated. Thanks for being open and honest. Go get paid.
So many words for no reason, just leave that broke ass situation and go make money and have a purpose in life 😂
Congratulations for your new role!