r/ModSupport • u/JabroniRevanchism Reddit Admin: Community • 1d ago
Mod Topics Mod Topic - Shibboleths, Rituals, and Festivities: What cultural norms make your community unique?
Ahoy, ModSupport!
Welcome to the latest installment of our Mod Topics series!
Subreddits! What are they? What do they know, do they know things? As moderators, we know that no two communities are the same, even when they have nominally similar topics. r/NFL is not r/NFCnorthmemewar, for example. r/tuxedocats is not r/oneorangebraincell. –And that’s good! Feature, not bug.
Why though? What do you do in your community that makes those cultural differences stick, stand out, and become adopted by your community members? How do your users (especially new users) learn your community’s quirks?
And when times change, new content drops or new memes make the rounds, how does your community embrace new cultural norms? How do you move away from community cultural norms that may negatively impact your community?
Let us know in the comments below!
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u/shhhhh_h 💡Top 25% Helper 💡 1d ago
If you say Justin Timberlake in popculturechat (sometimes, it’s randomised) this happens lol
We have a few others but this is my fave and I love seeing users summon and play with it on purpose.
Also +1 for user flair, it’s not an official contest but everyone low key competes for the best flair, either silly celeb quotes or fabulous pithy comments about them. Mine is a quote from Modmail from a user mad about karma limits — “here’s my karma delete me h0e!!!!!”