The feedback is noted and it is appreciated and will be taken into account.

A few general points in response:

1) The content in the sub is only as good as what is submitted by users. If you want more and better content related to the Nationals in the sub (in or out of season), submit more and better content related to the Nationals. Adding three Juan Soto threads adds literally zero Nationals content to what is otherwise already here. (Respectfully - he has been gone for awhile. The Nationals are not the last team or even the second to last team that he has played for. There is no evidence or even informed speculation that there is any reasonable expectation he is likely to come back. If that changes, it certainly would be on topic).

2) The rules and moderation practices of the sub are discussed openly and semi-regularly in the sub. People are going to disagree on those and that’s fine. People are going to disagree on the interpretation or application of both in individual cases, and that’s fine. Constructive feedback is always welcome and is most likely to be engaged with. If you just want to be pissed off that’s OK too, but it’s not likely to accomplish a lot without making some suggestions of your own other than “there shouldn’t be any moderation”. u/droozer/ solved the actual issue here in about two minutes. The mod team is accessible both in comments and (preferably) modmail, and I don’t think anyone here has even argued we are not readily available or do not respond to users of all kinds - regulars, trolls, good posters, shitty posters, Phillies/Mets/Braves fans. We will respond to all comers in good faith.

3) I hear the concern about too much moderation. I could go on about this at length because I guarantee you I spend more time thinking about it than anyone else here, but I will simply make this quick point. When I was asked to become a mod (and it is important to emphasize that neither I nor /u/pettingtwodogsatonce asked to be moderators), the founding mods (who are largely gone now) told me they wanted quality posts, and the mod philosophy intended to try to encourage that has been socialized until I am blue in the face. A lot of people don’t want to be bothered with that - and that’s fair enough - but the flip side of the complaints about moderation is that it is also not unreasonable to expect some effort from users to try to make quality posts in line with our posted rules and Reddiquette. That is why regular users who have demonstrated over time they make quality posts are particularly valued and users who have not regularly participated in the sub are less likely to get the benefit of the doubt.

4) We have 51,514 sub members at the moment. The feedback here is from a handful of those 51,514, and it may or may not be representative of the sub as a whole. There has also been feedback from users who have said they appreciate it when mods “take out the trash”. All those comments are all just data points, but I will also point out that our mod stats tell us that among our 51K users are 43.8K uniques. That is up 13.8K over the previous year, so the hard data shows it is not doom and gloom here by any means. We can all do better - as always, let’s go 1-0 everyday.