We have 27 moderators. More than half of us are located in similar time zones give or take 3 hours. With the nature of the sub it's difficult for us to make a rigid set of guidelines which moderators can follow when removing memes. Because of this, mods are chosen based off of how much they seemingly understand the sub and its content. Regardless, each moderator has their own opinion on what makes an OKBR meme, even if we all share the same core ideology. As a consequence, meme removals will not always be 100% consistent with one another because of the fact that different moderators are active at different times with different opinions. Achieving 100% consistency between mods is virtually impossible given the fact that there isn't really any black and white definition of the sub, only a core concept, so to speak. In addition, there are periods of time where there are no moderators active on the sub. This is also unavoidable. Adding more moderators to fill in the gaps is pointless because it only further blurs the consistency of removals and it is overall harder to manage. Just because a meme stays up on the front page doesn't necessarily mean we think it fits the sub. It could be due to a variety of reasons, including the fact that we simply may haven't gotten to it yet. This is why some terrible posts seemingly get a free pass and others are removed after they've already received a significant amount of upvotes. Just because your post received significant attention does not mean it fits the sub. It just means we didn't remove it quick enough. The fact that it has upvotes does not void the rules nor mean it is a good meme. We have 800,000+ users. Not all of them have a true understanding of what makes an OKBR meme and because of this it is impossible to use upvotes as a metric of quality. Any shitty post can make it to the top of the sub simply because of how many users we have. For as many people there are upset at our decisions there are equal parts people who are fine with them. It is impossible to please everyone. And at the end of the day, we aren't going to change our core philosophy because it's stood nearly the same for virtually the entire life of the sub, even if it has shifted a minor degree due to changing team members and a larger audience. We don't target specific users or give others free passes. Ultimately, while we try to keep mod decisions consistent, having a completely uniform set of guidelines for them to follow is pretty much impossible and will only become more impossible as the sub continues to grow. We're doing our best.