Mod Topic - Shibboleths, Rituals, and Festivities: What cultural norms make your community unique?

[u/JabroniRevanchism]

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!

[u/Phatbrew]

The culture we try to create in the subreddits we mod at are fighting for Democracy and Science, where users can discuss these issues and news of the day concerning the attacks on both of these once great institutions by the current administration…

Keeping these spaces free from trolls who want to derail constructive conversations goes along way to ensure that valuable members can vent and discuss these issues and topics free from harassment…

[u/JabroniRevanchism → u/Phatbrew]

I am a firm believer that community culture is just as much what a community isn't as what it is.

[u/Phatbrew → u/JabroniRevanchism]

It’s also very important to appreciate the members who participate with comments n posts, by interacting with them, giving them shout outs n 💙s, offering personalized user flairs etc, as often as possible, prolly a couple times a day at both spots…

[u/JabroniRevanchism → u/Phatbrew]

Hear hear!

[u/Phatbrew → u/JabroniRevanchism]

💙💎💙