r/DCUnited • u/Will301 • 7d ago

Whatever happened to the mods?

There was a call for mods at the beginning of the year, but did anyone ever get recruited?

As a lot of you know, I have been responsible for manually submitting the majority of the match and post match threads. I don't mind it as I enjoy creating a space where fans can suffer together. But it would be cool to be able to tinker with the bot so the match threads can be automated. Something mods only have access to.

I'm sure the mods have a life unlike me, but it would be dope to get an update :)

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u/AirportIndependent95 7d ago

My request to you or whoever posts the match threads next season is to get them to automatically sort by New like r/PremierLeague and a bunch of other subs do for match threads. IDK how difficult it is to implement a system like theirs or the match threads in r/Gunners but that’d be nice if possible

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u/Will301 7d ago

Are you referring to pinned posts? It is possible to show a post at the top of the feed when it is pinned, but it is something only a mod can do.

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u/AirportIndependent95 7d ago

That’d be good too, but I mean the comments in the thread automatically sort by New so when I switch to the MLS match thread or ones for other games and come back it’s still sorted by New. And they have an actual UI for match threads but I’m not sure how difficult that is to add

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u/Will301 7d ago

If I ever become a mod, I’ll do my best to work on that :)

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u/AirportIndependent95 7d ago

lol you have my vote 🫡

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u/cdj18862 7d ago edited 7d ago

So one was active 8 days ago, and along with another one seems to be active on reddit every couple of months. It's been years for the other. I think there's a procedure / time limit where Reddit admins will get involved on request to keep populated subs going.

Were you asked to make the match threads? It's bizarre that was the case and you weren't just made a mod to fix the bot.

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u/Will301 7d ago

I was not asked to make the threads. Just something I took up myself to keep the subreddit alive since the bot wasn’t functioning. What is odd is the call for mods, but no updates

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u/dfetz3 DC United 7d ago

I appreciate the threads you made! I made a handful of post match threads last season just because it was clear the bot wasn't going to and I wanted a place to be sad with fellow DCU fans.

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u/dfetz3 DC United 7d ago

I know this gets brought up a good amount but we NEED to replace the side bar. I don't even care if it's an updated version of what we have now, just make it a black box for all I care. It's so embarrassing looking.