Hey r/Apple!
aaronp613 here. I’ve been a moderator here for close to 5 years, but some of you might recognize my name from the Apple Event threads posted here over the past few years.
As of yesterday, I have joined MacRumors as a contributing researcher which leaves me in a bit of a pickle as to what I should do as far as my moderator status on this subreddit.
I’ll admit, ever since the API changes and strike, I have not really moderated this subreddit (or really any subreddit) that much, but as mentioned above, I still handle the Apple Event megathreads each time as I love experiencing the Apple Events with all of you.
So now the question is, what do I do?
Obviously, I should not be handling any day to day moderation going forward as I beleive that every news blog that follows our guidelines should have an equal and fair chance of being posted on our forum without the appearance of any potential bias from the moderation team.
When I brought this up to some of the other r/apple moderators, 2 possible solutions we thought of were these:
Option 1: Only continue posting Apple event threads and moderate the comments on those threads (leaving the news posting to another moderator).
Option 2: Option 1 but I also continue to post news links during the event for each topic. Accusations of bias can be avoided as we always post whichever news blog posts first, so the timestamps would speak for themselves.
So I want to hear your thoughts on the matter, because at the end of the day we are a community.
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Just do the megathreads, it’s not that big if a deal.
Leave. Change your username. Become the newest moderator. We’ll never know.
IMO, do as much or as little as you want with regards to moderating. I know personally I’d get the heck out asap, so as not to say/do anything that could jeopardize the new gig. But that’s me.
In the moment, I really want you to stay in any capacity, just to spite that other guy in this thread.
You don’t need to respond to that last part.
Option 2 is fine. You really don‘t need to give up your work around events. You seem to enjoy these duties and you‘re obviously doing good work for this community. I really don’t see the problem. As you said, the timestamps will speak for themselves.
There’s nothing wrong with running this subreddit and being at MacRumors. Unless you decided to only allow Macrumor content. That would probably kill the subreddit.
Otherwise, if you were working for Apple, they might have a bone to pick with you.
Out you go…
MacRumors… Is that a McDonald’s menu update site?
Congratulations on the new station. I hope you enjoy the change in scenery.
I appreciate the willingness to step back. I think a simple asterisk when posting would be enough for me. Kinda like when you read a news article sharing a related sponsor. I’m good with you doing whatever you want!
I doubt anyone cares tbh.
The sub has plenty of mods. No reason for you to remain one.
You admit you don’t moderate anyway, just stop being a mod.
From your replies it’s obvious that you’ve ruled out stepping down as mod already before posting this, so this post just comes across as a way to make you feel better about a decision you already made and an attempt to legitimize it under a faux veil of transparency with the community.
Following up with people who may not see the update:
https://www.reddit.com/r/apple/comments/17xpa3n/addressing_a_conflict_of_interest_on_rapple/k9q045r/
Not sure why stepping down isn’t an option because it’s the only good one here imo.
Following up with people who may not see the update:
https://www.reddit.com/r/apple/comments/17xpa3n/addressing_a_conflict_of_interest_on_rapple/k9q045r/
Just saw the update, appreciated. Huge congrats and hope you enjoy your time at 925 (some of my friends work there too ☺️)
Option 2 seems fine and congrats on the job!!!
Leave. Get paid. Congrats
Following up with people who may not see the update:
https://www.reddit.com/r/apple/comments/17xpa3n/addressing_a_conflict_of_interest_on_rapple/k9q045r/