Hey everyone! Given the upcoming changes to the sub, we wanted to poll the community and understand where to take r/sanfrancisco going forward. We recieved 210 responses, which you can explore below.
Subreddit Content
First, we asked what kind of content people wanted to see. Discussions and longer posts was the clear winner, with pictures and moderator-created topics following behind. While there's a lot of crime posts in our subreddit, a majority of people here want to see less of them.
We weanted to hear everyone's thoughts on what types of content they want to see more of. The responses are very varied, which is great! One common thread is that a lot of people seem to want to to hear more about what's happen in-person in the city.
Upcoming events/what to do this weekend posts
Birds
Events, pop-ups, etc
Positive posts!
Productive and civil discussions about ways to improve our beloved city
Residents asking other residents for things (happy place near X, etc)
Stories about local history
Happy with how it is
Local perspectives on news stories
Good as is
IRL community event announcements
City updates - things happening in real time like weather, road closures etc that people are seeing
Best of's, recommendations, politics, ways to get involved in the community
Fun ways to meet people
Positive content
people who actually live in SF currently, visitors coming or going, not trolls from BFNW
Events
Supporting local charities, businesses. Fun experiences, local tips
Positive, non-complaining posts
Community discussion/involvement opportunities
Historical information/discussions about the city
projects of SF locals: a band, an art show opening, a performance debut, a book talk, new cafe, restaurant, bar, bakery
Unique experiences, noncommercial event promotion (e.g. Flower Piano, Sunday Streets and other hyperlocal festivals)
SF history
I think this should reflect on what’s going on in our city. Right now, I think we could focus on public safety, economic recovery, and open drug market in TL/SOMA.
More information about larger community and neighborhood events. Let folks be involved in the city they live in.
SF lifestyle and interesting news
History of SF posts
Events, niche interest/hobbies, community efforts, news about social justice
Conversations that spark more learning about the city. My favorite discussions are the ones where I learn about new places or fun facts and ultimately feel more deeply connected to the SF community
events, reviews, tips
FAQ for visitors and BestOf threads
positive posts that highlight the joys and wonders of SF
Stories, experiences, events (upcoming and past), history
Anything that builds community
People being honest and willing to share their experiences without self-censorship or censorship.
More discourse, more "unique to SF", more community
I guess more general discussions? I know constant posts about upcoming events don't get the same levels of interaction and can make a place look barren, so some kind of focused conversations where people jump in and participate more.
I'd like to see more local's takes over linked sensational clickbait. I know that's a tall order but the really fun stuff is not widespread and shouldn't even be capable of generating substantial as revenue.
discussion of events that isn't shut down
Authentic experiences in San Francisco. Real positives and negatives, hopefully with goals to help the city change for the better. Thanks for everything mods!!
I'm open to all but I just want it to be balanced, as much as it can be
Unique facts, places, trivia, etc
News discussions, local happenings, etc. Things you want other peoples' opinion on
Cool things to do, ways to be engaged with the city, positive experiences
Happy news/ fun things not controversial or sad
I'd like the ability to limit certain threads to verified residents, the same way that some other subs limit certain topics to verified members of a particular community, demographic, etc.
Music and culture
neighborhood recommendations, local news (that's not crime!)
Less moderation of posts that highlight negative aspects of San Francisco. Less locking of posts that are controversial.
Quirky things, neighborhood events.
Something in between the "sf is incredible!!" posts and the "I saw a car break in today" posts. The reality of the city is somewhere in between.
sf behind the scenes, corruption in gov, trends in hiring, cool events and how to get invites
Pride in SF and uplifting news
More AMAs from local leaders or interesting people would be great
Local events and points of interest
Anything positive! More from locals
People talking about local news
Anything besides the countless crime and doom loop posts.
Recommendations on hidden gems. Good memories for those of us who grew up here.
Interesting, funny, or informative content. In short, make it entertaining or not at all.
neighborhood drama, duh
Local discussion, not about crime, anything else
Positivity and things people love about or may not know about the city
Voices of longtime SFers
More positive content
Things people enjoy about SF
It's fine as is
Discussions on current events/politics/innovations
Positive stuff
Arts and Cultural posts
upcoming events and news articles
The reality of our city. Gorgeous, alive, broken and unfair. All at once
Local media reports
Info posts
Community organizing
My philosophy is user driven. What users want, I will support. Although in general, I prefer substance in posts.
Local discussions
I really like learning about local tips, cool events or what brings people joy in the city.
Posts about truly local topics. This City has so much to offer, but you'd never know it based on the focus on crime and bashing of the City based on national issues.
local events, info on local politicians, idk funny shit
Events. Music. Festivals. Food
Cool niche events going on.
Fun things to do, quirky stories
Tips from locals
Events and recommendations for locals
It's good
Upcoming events
Events/gatherings/protests
Posts about events, general interest topics would be nice, something like this maybe
Local politics, current events, annual events like bay to breakers, discover things to do in San Francisco like once a month stuff
History
Cool, hole in the wall restaurants/entertainment
I can't think of anything right now...but wanted to fill this out
Anything Thoughtful‚ positive or negative‚ to inform & enlighten,
I'd love to see more about events around the city. New restaurant openings, new art exhibits etc. More focus on going out and doing things
Events in the city
I want to see more content related to living in San Francisco (cultural events, day to day life, history, community building, etc). This is in slight opposition to what I mostly see now which relates more to politics and crime. I enjoy AskSF and WholesomeSF in this regard - no reason that same spirit can't be part of r/sanfrancisco
ads
reviews of new / under the radar restaurants and bars
Really anything sf related. Variety is the spice of life.
I think I'd like to see more community surveys of top issues we're facing as a city (or perceived issues) and then to collectively, productively discuss various solutions or outline the solution landscape. It would be helpful to come to consensus on what we think the real problems are, and to brainstorm solutions as a collective. I'm occasionally in contact w/ the DA and district supervisors, and occasionally Breed so have been giving her insights from the reddits
Find the hidden gems of sf
Events, local concerts, local artists
SF news, events, recommendations. Things for people who live here. Not tourist photos.
New restaurants
Notification of weekly events in SF
Community-building, respectful debate where you learn something from reading it, not just get angry
Events, news, experiences
More meetups for people who follow similar things. I want to meet people or talk to people who share the same hobbies as i do.
Unique in SF stuff. Hidden gems
Events, festivals, new store openings
Interesting events, interesting things to go to, in-person meetups, recommendations, community building in the sense of people feeling like they are in something together
Just community stuff. Less negativity
Community events
Events and activities
Just like positive good natured stuff that isn't so damn conservative.
More posts about cultural events across the whole spectrum of arts and politics, without slant one way or another.
I would like to see a good mix of topics about city issues and events. Right now there seems to be a serious imbalance of crime posts versus actual content about some of the fun things going on. It's demoralizing, and quite frankly, not very interesting.
All types of local news, not just crime
we haven't had too many local AMAs. I was also thinking a weekly thread of events for the next week, would be nice.
Fun, events, uplifting, city history, photos.
Community building, informative or educational content, events, history
We also wanted to understand who was using the subreddit, so we asked some demographic questions. We asked how long people have lived here, if they consider themselves to be in tech, and if they consider themselves to be an underrepresented minority (race, gender, sexuality, disability).
Moderation Philosophy
Next up, we wanted to get a feel for how much moderation people wanted to see. The answers for this covered the entire gamut, but leans toward the side of wanting slightly more moderation overall.
We asked what people's philosophy on moderation was. It's a very varied list, but the general theme seems to be that most people want hate speech and other cruelty removed.
Big fan, for the most part. I’m 90% lurker, though, and not likely to say anything that would break rules
Walk softly, but carry a big stick
Unless it's needlessly hateful speech I prefer things to not be censored.
I think there are a number of very active accounts that clearly aren't discussing things in good faith that do nothing but raise the temperature in a bad way. I'd like to see more bans for cumulative bad behavior even if no single post crosses the line.
Moderate behavior, not the person
Mod action or lack of mod action can greatly shape the accepted behaviors in a sub.
moderators make everything worse. they come in late, don't understand what happened, take a biased view and act as bullies.
Protect the integrity of r/SF - don't let outsides spread FUD
I see moderation as a sign posts - designed to keep traffic flowing rather than directing the conversation. Moderation at its best brings cohesion and community by nudging people back towards the intent of the space.
Heavy w/o being strict. Needs to promote a wide variety of topics on the sub w/o allowing mindless or deliberate hate
it's ok to remove negative or low quality posts
Mostly let the people decide, but apply ethical and legal standards to all posts. I'm a lawyer by trade, so in many ways I feel it should mirror how judges are supposed to work (but don't always do).
Less is more
Keep out trolls and brigades and hate speech, otherwise not a heavy hand
Get rid of wellvis
Allow upvotes and downvotes to handle what surfaces; enforce against bad actors.
I appreciate it!
If it's not a violation, leave it. Policy by vibes will lead to bad things
Avoid editorializing, but keep out spam, low effort crap, and flame wars
Moderation has to match the needs of the community. At this point, it is clear a heavier hand is needed to ensure this sub is representative of the City and the conversation is not dominated by those who have no interest in San Francisco’s success. When this community is in a better place, moderators can take a step back.
Yes. Please
Would prefer if there was some way to verify that commenter s have lived in SF at some point / filter out obvious right wing troll posters
Medium amount of touch, encourage positive and constructive posts
wish that last question had an "it depends, would like more info" moderation's purpose is to serve as an unbiased middle of the road guiding light to ensure things remain fair & balanced - when it doubt, check gut feeling with another moderator set of eyes
Thoughtful. Remove repetition. Avoid a lot of same old politics. Keep it positive
As a long time member of the community, I value the contributions and hard work from the moderators.
Keep discussions open but civil.
Generally less is more. But I want the sub to be a conversation with other San Franciscans. I think we should discourage posts/comments from people not living in SF.
I don't want moderators obliterating all crime posts like SF is full of nothing but puppies, rainbows, and the Golden Gate Bridge, but we do have outsiders who clearly have agendas that only post negative news. Maybe delete those posts that are clearly bots or people who want nothing more to do with SF than rile people up.
Upvotes should take care of bad content but it doesn't always work with bots & brigading, so some light moderation is needed
Open, clear, fair, guiding not enforcing.
It sometimes feels like moderation in r/SanFrancisco is politically motivated. I would just like to see more transparency on why threads/posts get hidden. I would prefer that we have some more balance and let the up/down votes kind moderate and remove just the obvious problems like harassment.
I actually don't have too much of an option here, because it's not something I've ever done, so I don't think I understand everything that is involved. That being said, I believe that everyone is entitled to an opinion, provided they're not spewing hate at a group. I enjoy the quirky / weird posts, and would appreciate being shielded from umteen "I'm in Fisherman's Wharf this weekend, what should I do while I'm here" posts
Transparency, honesty, good nature, according to rules as chosen. Ideally rules are more broad than "free speech absolutism‚" and consider and foster a community the city could be proud of rather than follow a populist libertarian lack of direction. Zero belligerence in moderation, zero political agendas from moderators.
Strong rules and more freedom within the rules.
Lets things play out, but delete obvious brigading, racism, etc. Maybe a weekly crime sticky instead of constant spam of crime.
Necessary to keep the communities safe and healthy/nontoxic. All it takes is a few loud idiots to change the vibe
Deeply appreciate mods keeping subs safe
Moderate moderation is best
the subreddit has been moderated fairly well, it is a difficult task
It is meant to keep the community safe, and the discussions flowing. The best moderators are usually those that do it out of love for the subject, not for the title.
Nothing hateful or degrading. Keep things respectful.
Freedom of speech + civility
laid back aside from clear rule violations.
Foster discussion but restrict attacks
try to stick to bright-line rules as much as possible; err on the side of keeping up unless there is agreement to take down
Take down posts which pose an imminent threat to life, otherwise let the masses of good people decide based on upvotes/downvotes/comments.
Similar to what r/sanfrancisco has now, but less deleting posts that get ugly. Lock most of those without deletion.
The best communities have a point of view of what they want it to be and moderate accordingly. City subreddits, especially for cities that get used as national political fodder, need heavier moderation to prevent brigading.
We need it on the Internet
I've seen subs fail due to both extremes. For example, r/femalefashionadvice used to be super strict in terms of what constituted a stand-alone post (as opposed to commenting in a daily/weekly mod-created post) and it stifled conversation a bit. But then they swung the opposite direction and it's a total free-for-all with almost no moderation... I look at the sub a lot less now.
Take down duplicates and inappropriate/offensive posts, but otherwise let us chat about whatever
For r/SanFrancisco, there would be additional attention paid to brigading but I would generally bucket this as "preventing spam‚" or other forms of non authentic content.
Ideally you never know they're there
It shouldn't be noticable? IDK that's a tough one. Hard to weigh in when I've never done the job
Speak softly but with a big stick
Less is more
I believe very strongly in community, democracy, and being led by the voice of the people. Listening to all perspectives, and engaging with people fairly and openly is important to me. I think people should understand the justification behind certain decisions, and have more clarity into the decision making process. I would LOVE to help host events and AMAs as I've spent over a decade as social chair of various organizations hosting hundreds of events with thousands of people in my spare time. I love it!
I appreciate being part of the community and have enjoyed the vigorous debate and viewpoints on the sub.
Should only remove hostile or bigoted posts
I deeply appreciate it, it's often a thankless job, impossible to perfect, but so important (I worked T&S at Twitter).
It's most important to solve repetitive problems and bad actors
Eliminate folks that openly degrade, harass or post untrue information
Follow the rules or else
Minimum moderation, no agenda pushing/silencing
Same as my personal philosophy. Let redditors drive the topics they want to see, within reason of course.
There's too much moderation on this sub. The sub can be a tinderbox, but so is our city right now. People have pretty extreme views and reactions across the spectrum and we need someplace to let it out, even if it's just screaming into the wind on Reddit. Yeah, when people cross the line by attacking someone or similar, mods should take action. But there seems to be way too much locking or removal of posts because the mods disagree with the topic, not because it violates the rules of the sub. Locking or removing posts should be used only for clear violations and done in agreement with multiple mods. You (mods) are losing the users' trust when you try to sweep things under the rug that you disagree with.
let upvotes decide on comments but stop obvious trolls/reposts/etc
You need relatively strong moderation to keep a community from becoming toxic
Your survey would be the blueprint for the moderation and helping to steer the community towards that.
Moderators should protect the smaller groups in their communities.
As little as possible but as much as needed.
Unless it's off-topic or illegal content, let it be
Syncopation is key. Have to stress the weaker notes if you want harmony.
The API protest was stupid.
Necessary but requires pragmatism
Subreddits are an organic entity driven by its users, and moderators are primarily there to build the community, as well as prevent doxxing/calls for violence/brigading from being promoted. Moderating is a privilege, not a power.
I think it should be done to keep the worst behavior checked. Aside from that let it all live.
Needs to have more control against brigading and constant negative news. Maybe a main weekly crime thread for everything to get lumped into
Maintain order, facilitate communication
Enforcement of the rules, but maybe more rules. Some rules can be open to interpretation, but some need more detailed and specific. Anecdotal crime posts need to be banned. We live in a city with a large/dense population, yes there is crime, i don't watch the news because they blow crime out of proportion. If people want to post about crime it needs to be about statistics with factual data, not it *feels* more dangerous, etc. I want r/sanfrancisco to be a positive place to be, not a doom ridden cesspool.
I think there should be clear rules for acceptable behavior and swift removal of posts that violate that behavior. When I express an opinion in a respectful manner and the engagement is low-effort hatred directed towards me, it discourages me from being an active member of the subreddit.
Less is more.
ban ban ban
Let people decide, unless there's a need to step in (personal attacks, doxing, overheated discussions that turn unproductive, illegal activity, etc)
Keep the extremists away (of ALL kinds) and keep it on topic (SF).
1. enforcement of the posted rules 2. though not posted rules, a. keep posts topical to the city and county of SF. r/bayarea and r/california exists for larger regional discussion b. redundant posts should be locked so discussion can be focused in one place, the first post on the topic
Heavy moderation is needed for local subreddits to prevent brigading/right-wing trolling
No hate speech, illegal posts, or person attacks. Also no irrelevant posts
Try to keep discursions local
Avoid tourist posts, avoid consumerism/self advertising, and make it more of a public forum for the community to come talk about what‚Äôs relevant to their lives in a productive way. If I wanted a nextdoor "petty crime happened on X street today‚" I wouldn't be on r/sanfrancisco
Define rules and enforce them uniformly, but keep personal preference out of it as much as possible
Help keep things civil + non-hateful, Help prevent oversaturation of a particular topic or event
Generally don't love heavy handed moderation, but the SF subreddit attracts a lot of interaction from folks outside of the Bay and so needs a heavier hand to guide the direction and spirit
Let Reddit burn via no moderation
People should approach discussions in good faith and try to be kind to each other. Users who argue in bad faith or are unkind to others should be muted/banned.
I dont want /r/Sf to become the nazi bar, thus some pretty heavy moderation is necessary given how SF is a foil for the national right wing media
A light touch to guide the subreddit
Light touch generally but when individuals persist in negative behavior that derails discussion, get on that quickly and decisively.
Thanks again
Mods of /r/sf have let brigaders and bots run rampant without check. SF and the bay area at large are targeted by right-wing media and their paid astroturfers, and /r/sf has been complacent in it.
You guys remove way too much
Let upvotes/downvotes decide most of the time, but lock threads when there's obvious brigading, trolls, etc. remove reposts if they're within hours or a few days, etc. pretty much just how it seems to be going currently.
At bare minimum, to protect from bots and spam. On the other end of the spectrum, locking/deleting posts that don't jive with a mod's opinions makes it like an OpEd. I'm not sure how to balance that with the tools available on reddit today.
Heavy use of the ban hammer to remove unwanted participants. Use the Pareto principle but applied to redditors. 80% of the subreddits problems stem from 20% of the users. Focus on the people who constantly post or comment about the exact same things (typically crime) and remove them. Get rid of the extremes on each end of the spectrum.
It makes or breaks a community. Moderators will always make mistakes; there is an acceptable error rate which should be forgiven by users.
Generally speaking, my experience with moderation is that it largely is a "will of the people". Meaning, moderate to create a safe welcoming community for all members and to allow a free form exchange of information within the boundaries of the community.
I think moderators should be most focused on keeping the sub free from unnecessary/non constructive negativity. Not policing to a heavy degree but making sure quality content can shine by finding other ways to limit repetitive things
Moderation should help keep things civil, and root out brigading and bad-faith posting
Moderators should enforce the rules and promote engagement
I'm in the bay area. Keep posts to people who live here is all.
Generally, as long as the conversation is civil and constructive, let it run its course.
No threats of violence, but let the upvotes decide
I do not have one. But I think you are doing a good job now so maybe just more of the same?
Moderation should be about blocking spam, curtailing trolls, and nurturing quality content, regardless of whether we have the same point of view or not. Trolls are incendiary, opposing views invite dialog. That's how I try to operate in other subreddits where I have mod duties.
Mods should keep dangerous content out of the subreddit and initiate interesting discussions, but there should be allowance for dissenting opinions. Allow users to up/down vote content they want to see more/less of
Fair and balanced
Moderators should make sure everyone is being civil, respectful, fair but still allow people to speak freely
When it's needed you know
Mods should remove things like trolls, hate speech, or willful misinformation/misrepresentation. While they're annoying af, posts that are written solely for the sake of arguing should be downvoted by the members
No hate speech, no obviously fake info
Heavily screen bots. Lightly screen for low energy bad actors and "karma whores" and let the votes do the rest. Mods really shouldn't be deciding what gets discussed, the city of SF means different things to different people. Let them all speak.
Hard to tell, I don't have a strong sense of what gets edited out of the subreddit.
Probably a thankless chore
It's a hard job that I don't envy. That said, the subreddits I like the most are the most heavily moderated. I personally just block people liberally to create a less doomscrolly r/sanfrancisco, but I'd much prefer it if I didn't have to.
Heavy-handed if the poster is poor or a rose twitter user.
Have users ratify rules and then have mods enforce them transparently
Do the needful
So, I think having political discussions is good. That said, there has to be some kind of breaking point when a subreddit's discussions are just unconstructive complaining and fearmongering in every thread that isn't pure, black-and-white good news; the threads for that executive that got stabbed feel like a pretty strong example in hindsight, knowing that it wasn't some random homeless person, but another exec that knew him personally.
Active, but light
There are some things that are 100% unacceptable, and there are some things that are up to the community to decide, which can be more stringent in community-specific dimensions.
Keeping sub focused on the theme/content of the community. Not necessarily avoiding controversy but doing their best to keep sub aligned with its description. Transparency should be a goal.
Hopefully, moderation will help improve the signal to noise ratio of posts I would want to read. So that I don't take too much effort to reach posts that I like.
it's harm reduction- nothing more nothing less.
I like the philosophy that the r/sanfrancisco mods take currently. It's mostly hands-off only to step in when serious issues (hate language, violence, etc.) are interfered with. As a regular user, I don't feel like whatever post I make has to thread some sort of needle and that's where I'd like the sub to stay.
Good for getting rid of bots. Not so good telling people what their ideologies should be.
Be civil, be inclusive, for most things content wise let the upvotes decide
It's a really really tough job! I'm in favor of removing dogwhistle comments that contribute nothing to discussion and banning trolls. Period. You'll never make everyone happy. Maybe rearticulate the vision/purpose of the sun once the new mod team is formed. Thanks for all your hard (and thankless) work
Communities without moderation ultimately tank due to the rise in unpopular opinions that shut out casual readers. Moderation is required to set and maintain the tone of a community, especially one that is large and amorphous
Light touch, keep things from getting out of hand and keep the sun organized/ useful. Let users decide what they want to see
More open dialogue
As long as the posts are not to wild or whacky, let all opinions in...when the mods don't, the community is pretty good at making sure the post doesn't belong
Moderation should be transparent and consistent. It's necessary to maintain civil discussed but should be implemented with a light touch.
We recently participated in a 2-day blackout, in protest of Reddit's new policies around third-party apps and moderation. A majority of people on this sub were supportive of the protest. Solidarity!
Anything else?
Lastly, we asked if anyone had anything else to add. I was pleasantly surprised how many people have enjoyed the sub over the years! There's a lot of negativity toward the community that pops up in the comments day-to-day, but it seems on average most of us are happy to be here!
Thank you to the whole Mod team!!
Love y'all.
Rule 1 is quite stupid and arbitrarily enforced.
Nice survey
Instead of people doing separate posts for every crime that occurs, which feels a lot like next door, maybe a daily/weekly pinned post for crime? I think this would both make it easy fo search for things and condense it a bit so the sub doesn’t feel like next door
I work in local politics, and know my way around city hall. By the time I get to a post to offer corrections of simple, verifiable falsehoods throughout the commentary on a post, the damage has already been done. It's maddening, and I've basically stopped trying.
Thanks for your work :)
Appreciate you doing this survey and running the sub. This can't be an easy an easy sub to mod.
I really appreciate when a community can express themselves and learn.
Thanks for your service!
I appreciate everything you moderators do and hope to see more honest discussions about the city in the future. I've loved this city since moving here in spite of its problems and hope that people on the subreddit feel safe to share their views on how to improve the city's problems while also appreciating its beauty.
Thanks for all that you've done
Thank you!
I want to see this community flourish the best it can.
I have deep roots in Potrero Hill and call it my home. Please come and visit any time and I will treat you to brunch at Plow.
I appreciate the work you and your team have put in. It's definitely a challenge with the brigading and false witnessing
Thanks for building a great community!
There have been no new mods in many years. I'd suggest it might be good for other old guard to let go too. Some have a long reputation and their own interests and local political ties that serves the sub poorly.
Thanks Greg, for the great space and community over the past 15 yrs. Take care of yourself.
thanks for all you do!
Thanks for creating such a great environment. Much love!
Appreciate you!
Can we limit the crime posts to one post per crime?
really wish more people just soapboxing from the middle of nowhere did get so much air time in the sub, though i realize there's a lottttt of commenting going on
RIP the A's, the only thing Oakland knows about sports anymore is suffering Sadge
Thanks for getting this subreddit off the ground and setting up the next chapter
Overall I think the sf moderators do a great job.
r/sanfrancisco is mostly a miserable place on the internet. I've been meaning to unsubscribe for years, but haven't.
I appreciate the conversations had in this subreddit.
i'd go touch grass but all the neighborhood dogs piss there
Thanks for all your hard work!
Ban anecdotal crime posts.
Please remove crime posts / aggressively filter out crime posts. They make the community toxic and hard to engage with
Thank you!
The SF subreddit is the best part of Reddit. It mirrors the city itself in many ways and I love that.
Thank you for your post, and for asking our opinion in this survey - best wishes going forward!
I'm a Bay Area native and am in my second stint in the City. I loved it the first time and I love it a full decade later. The inundation of negativity online and in forums like this is honestly crazy to me, and I was so relieved when I came back to find out how divorced from reality it is. San Francisco is a great place, in many of the same ways it always has been. And I know regional subreddits are really difficult to get right, and this one in particular draws a lot of attention. But when every crime or bad experience is posted, often multiple times, often by the same few contributors, it just gets exhausting to be in this subreddit. And that's too bad, since there's so much cool shit here. Thanks for being a mod, go Giants.
Second gen SF born; live on the Peninsula and lovvve sf and the bay area
IPO nom nom
Thanks for your hard work all these years u/gkoberger
Thanks for your past efforts.
Thanks for taking to time to support this subreddit
Thanks for your service!
I moderate other groups. I know it's hard. Thanks for what you do!
Thank you for all that you do!
Let the users' opinions stay up even if some people's feelings may get hurt. The open exchange of ideas is important for learning and forming new opinions.
I believe it's best for community builders to have a deep connection with the communities they run.
Hope to see ya'll at Trad'r Sam!
This sub has the potential to be a wonderful resource for San Franciscans. It is certainly going through a rough patch, but I am optimistic that we can get back to discussing local topics in a civil and helpful way.
Let's keep this subreddit from being a dumping ground and negative space
If you remove all crime posts you'll immediately be farcical, e.g. /r/Chicago
It seems to me to be a place for uninformed‚ though highly confident‚ political messaging. The amount of participants who simply don't understand local politics‚ but know that they're damn mad‚ is staggering to me.
Disallow text posts that could have been link posts. In regards to news stories, disallow posts from most non-local publications.
Please let me know how else I might be able to help -this reddit community is important to me, and I believe very strongly that it has the potential to have a real impact on this city that I love dearly.
Lighter
Totally get that too many crime posts creates a downer for the community, but we do need to talk about it sometimes. Hopefully there's a balance somewhere with too many crime posts
Thanks for moderating the community! I don't know where else I'd go to discuss SF things with SF people.
Too much tech, too little everyone else
2 day blackout is fine, I don't fully understand it, but please don't take away one of my favorite subs. I don't know what permanent blackout looks like.
Thank you mods for all you do
Ban the trolls!
less divisiveness. Everyone is either saying that SF has no problems or that everything is on fire. Reality is in the middle somewhere.
Trinity SF at 8th and mission is a hidden gem. Cheap rent, good access to transit, etc. I live there but don't have any ownership stake at all, so this isn't shilling. Just want it be known so people can pay $2k to live downtown instead of $3k+ some landlords charge :\
Things are rarely as bad as the loudest voices would make you believe
Thanks for everything
Less golden gate bridge pics :)
Appreciate the work you've done.
I'm mostly a lurker in the sub, because a lot of the news aggregation content feels stale. However, whenever I see authentic/personal posts, including ones I've shared, I feel like the sub comes to life with people chiming in with positive, helpful (and yes snarky and offbeat) comments. I feel that spirit which pervades the city, should be reflected in the sub more.
As for me, after 15 years of running r/sanfrancisco, I'm stepping down from the moderation team. I wanted to make sure I left the subreddit in a good spot, with a clear mandate for future moderators.
Don't leave it all up to the mods, though! Remember, as a community member, the best way you can help shape the sub is by submitting and upvoting the content you want to see!
The first 15 years of the r/sanfrancisco subreddit has been a wonderful reflection of our city, and here's to the next 15! I'm excited to be a part of it from the comment section.