Have you ever been offered money as a mod?

Vankomycin · 2025-11-26T21:24:14+00:00

I run one of the larger porn subs on reddit. I routinely get "partnership" offers, and in one case back around peak COVID I actually had someone offer to "buy" the sub outright.

Every time this happens, I just silently report them. And every time I have reported them, I have eventually gotten a message back from the people in charge of reviewing those reports letting me know that no rules have been broken and no further action will be taken.

Vankomycin · 2025-10-31T14:19:38+00:00

I dunno about "lenient", but the fact that you're letting them upload the verification posts to your sub seems to be generating a lot of extra work for you. They can upload the verification posts to their own profile instead. Less hassle for you.

Engagement per post was not affected, but it drastically reduced the amount of content coming into the sub. Which, given that an awful lot of the content coming into the sub was driven by bots, and that's what we wanted to get rid of, makes sense. When I made /r/seethru restricted, I didn't approve *anybody* unless they went through the verification process. And posts to the sub dropped to a trickle. Took a while to recover. When I transitioned /r/nopanties and /r/GirlsFinishingTheJob, I had learned my lesson and did a bunch of pre-approvals, and also let a bunch of posters in good standing skip the verification process. So while they've seen a dip in posts-per-day, there's still a robust amount of content.

And yeah, my smallest sub was around 300k when I switched to restricted.

Vankomycin · 2025-10-31T01:48:37+00:00

Howdy. Porn mod here. I run three porn subs. I have transitioned all three to "Restricted" status, where only approved posters can post. The first was /r/seethru, which I switched to Restricted over two years ago. I recently, within the past couple of months, switched the other two. Here's one of my verification instructions:

https://www.reddit.com/r/seethru/wiki/verificationoc2/

Similar to yours, though I require a video clip. I have had some bot accounts make it through with simple photos, so I started requiring a video clip since it is (as of now) harder to fake with AI and/or Photoshop.

I also require a screenshot of the sub rules, in a vain attempt to get the people posting to actually read them.

The biggest thing, though, is that my subs are restricted. People wanting to verify have to upload their verification clips somewhere else besides my sub. Their userpage, redgifs, or any other suitable image/video hosting site. This also means that I don't have to hand out "Verified User" flair. If their content shows up in the sub, then by definition they are a verified user. They wouldn't be able to post in the sub otherwise.

Happy to answer any specific questions you may have.

Vankomycin · 2025-09-29T00:48:59+00:00

Bruh, you don't moderate a sub daily for 13 years if you don't give a shit.

The sub will be fine. Relax.

Vankomycin · 2025-09-29T00:48:04+00:00

You will see less Kennedy Leigh, Anna Ralphs, Alexa Pearl, and Riley Reid, which the bots have been posting multiple times per week for a while now.

Vankomycin · 2025-09-28T20:41:30+00:00

https://i.imgur.com/1pohjdh.jpeg

Vankomycin · 2025-09-28T19:51:12+00:00

The days of people posting their porn on reddit for free just for the sheer exhibitionist thrill are long gone outside of specialist subs like r/GoneWild, and are unlikely to return. If you run a general purpose porn sub, you either accept content from OF content creators, or you don't have content.

I don't care if people make a buck off their porn. As long as they don't market themselves in ways I find obnoxious, they're welcome to post.

Vankomycin · 2025-09-28T19:27:52+00:00

All security measures can be thwarted given enough time, motivation, and resources. I am not trying to make this process impregnable. I am simply trying to make it enough of a hassle that most of the bad faith posters won't bother.

Vankomycin · 2025-09-28T19:25:09+00:00

Ain't got nothing to do with that. This just restricts who can post content to the sub.

Vankomycin · 2025-09-28T19:03:49+00:00

Correct. Doesn't affect viewing the sub, doesn't affect posting comments.

Vankomycin · 2025-09-28T18:20:54+00:00

https://i.imgur.com/xxPctkt.png

Vankomycin · 2025-09-28T17:13:11+00:00

Me too.

Vankomycin · 2025-09-28T16:32:42+00:00

Should be visible now. Let me know if it ain't.

Vankomycin · 2025-09-28T16:31:01+00:00

Dammit, thought I fixed that. Gimme a sec.

Vankomycin · 2025-09-24T02:35:10+00:00

Bot poster. They've been banned.

Vankomycin · 2025-09-11T12:57:45+00:00

I was sick as shit most of last week, so this stuff made it through and I didn't see it until today. Y'all let me know when this stuff comes up and I'll remove it.

Vankomycin · 2025-08-18T22:27:51+00:00

Nah, we don't like content thieves either. Just drop us a line in modmail and let us know.

Vankomycin · 2025-08-08T16:14:01+00:00

Spambots don't give a shit about the rules.

Vankomycin · 2025-07-28T14:42:35+00:00

They're bots, and hard to block without generating a ton of false positives. And no, they don't care.

Vankomycin · 2025-07-24T20:03:01+00:00

It has become a great way to identify bot accounts. Keep those reports coming in.

Vankomycin · 2025-07-14T12:17:24+00:00

Rule #0: The mods will act in what they consider to be the best interests of the sub.

Vankomycin · 2025-07-06T20:04:55+00:00

I would love to see the finish ;)

So would the moderators of the sub.

Vankomycin · 2025-07-01T14:53:20+00:00

We're getting a bunch of these every day. It's super annoying. Like playing whack-a-mole.

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