Daily Bard Digest 2024-07-03

At 2024-07-03T22:03:37+00:00 on /r/modnews with a score of 1 point:

ignore modmails

I'm sorry to report that they're allowed to do so. And that there's no straightforward way to disentangle "user broke subreddit rule in this modmail" versus "absentee mods" on the question of them merely ignoring modmails.

they ignore reports

If those are reports for subreddit rule violations — they're allowed.

If those are reports for sitewide rules violations, file a Moderator Code of Conduct complaint.

avoid discussion of astroturfing

Accusations of astroturfing and vote manip are unprovable and are metadiscussion, and because of those qualities, are weaponisable by bad faith manipulation operations to derail the subreddit.

shadowbanned / manual approval / same format

That does smack of bad faith and astroturfing. If it's an unofficial subreddit, I'd make another and migrate the audience to the new one. If it's official … I'd do the same thing.

The admins want clear violations of written policy before they take action, and "moderators approve posts by shadowbanned users" is unfortunately something with substantial legitimate use.

Spam is defined as "unsolicited", and if moderators are approving the posts, they are by definition soliciting them.

It does sound like you have a complex and unwelcoming situation, and I'm sorry for your frustration.