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Welcome New Mods & Avomodo

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Please welcome the newest additions to the Avocado Moderation Team: MrsLangdonAlger2 (welcome back!), Big Wheel, and Art Cop Vandelay! We also want to take this opportunity to introduce Avomodo: a shared Disqus account that the mods may use sometimes, at their discretion, to make site-wide announcements, deletion notices, and other moderation tasks. You should treat this account the same as you do any mod. However, this doesn’t mean that every mod action will be done by this shared account. It will simply be used as needed. Thanks as always for being an awesome community of Avocados! This place wouldn’t be … Continue reading Welcome New Mods & Avomodo

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Call for Moderators!

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Hello! The mods are looking to add a few new people to the team! We haven’t made any additions to the team in a while, and we’ve had several mods retire in the last year. On that note, before we start asking for new recruits, let’s take a moment to thank our recently retired mods for all their help in the past! Since our last recruitment, Kaywise, Mustard of Doom, Afropig, Lindsay, and yellowcedar have stepped down for the time being. A big round of applause for all their hard work!  So as you can see, our numbers have dwindled, … Continue reading Call for Moderators!

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State of The Avocado (October 15th, 2021)

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Greetings, Guacs! We hope you’ve been enjoying the brisk fall weather (spring if you’re one of our southern-hemisphere community members) and imbibing copious amounts of pumpkin spice-flavoured beverages. It’s been a while since we’ve checked in with you, so we thought we’d take the opportunity to talk about some stuff that has been happening on the site. But before we dive into the nitty-gritty of site moderation, let’s talk about some highlights from the year so far. Since our last State of the Avocado in January 2020, you folks have created over 5,000 threads, including new features like A Trek … Continue reading State of The Avocado (October 15th, 2021)

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HUGE State of the Avocado: 1/27/2020

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Hello Avocados! So, after the events of the last couple of weeks, the Avocado Mod Team took an entire week to discuss some major and minor changes to how we moderate. We want every Avocado to feel this is a safe, fun space for them, and we think a lot of these changes will help with that. A lot of users expressed concerns that more procedures for moderation would mean less protection of vulnerable groups: please be reassured this couldn’t be further from the truth! These procedures are meant to increase transparency, NOT to decrease mod action, especially action meant … Continue reading HUGE State of the Avocado: 1/27/2020

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Announcement: Leader Bean Changes

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In our ongoing efforts towards world domination, we have decided to expand the mod team with some lovely new people! Please welcome our new leader beans: Kaywise GrandpaSeth dw Bhlàr Snail (CraigIsTranquilo) We thank kindly to everyone else who volunteered too, of course! Also, due to increased real-world responsibilities, romanes eunt domus has decided to step back from modding. We thank her muchly for her service in the last few months — you’ve been awesome to have on the team, and you will be missed! We wish you all the best! Now then, let’s have a good welcome/farewell party. Be … Continue reading Announcement: Leader Bean Changes

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State of the Politics Thread (Friday/Weekend PT)

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PT, we need to talk. The mod team has noticed in recent months that most of our heavy lifting has been focused on the PT. After our “state of the PT” survey and updates, things were better for awhile. But the thread has been pretty volatile as of late. People have said they are uncomfortable here, or have left, and we’ve had to hand out some warnings and bans. Which we do not like to do. Something needs to change. Trends we’ve noticed People putting increasingly unrealistic demands on moderators. In a community of this size, it is often impossible … Continue reading State of the Politics Thread (Friday/Weekend PT)

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Red Handle Rule Update

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There’s been a lot of discussion and argument lately about how issues of age and religious beliefs fit into the Red Handle rule. The mod team recognizes that this is a complex issue with heightened emotions all around, and justifiably so. There is never going to be a way to write a policy on this that will perfectly cover all cases. In the interest of intersectionality, we ask that when you punch up when it comes to these specific topics, you employ more caution with generalizations and mean-spiritedness, keeping in mind that many of our members sit on the complicated … Continue reading Red Handle Rule Update

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Sexism on the Avocado: 2019 Edition

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Hello Avocados! It’s been a bit since we’ve had a thread discussing the issue of sexism on the Avocado, and we felt it was time to tackle this again as a community. For reference, here is the previous sexism thread: https://the-avocado.org/2018/06/21/sexism-on-the-avocado-part-2/. We’ll also include some related links and discussions at the end of this post. We’re a good and extremely well-meaning community here at The Avocado, but we can’t pretend we don’t have our faults. We live in a patriarchal society and everyone has some level of ingrained sexism: Unfortunately, sometimes that means sexism shows up here. We want to … Continue reading Sexism on the Avocado: 2019 Edition

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State of the Avocado: 9/20/2019

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Greetings, Avocados! It’s been a busy few months since the last State of the Avocado. For some, like the many wonderful people we’ve seen come in from Pajiba’s comment section, this is your first time seeing a SotA; please don’t be intimidated that we have a long one this time. New Rules and Guidelines As a general note: Rules are non-negotiable and violations thereof may lead to official warnings or bannings. With guidelines, there’s a bit more flexibility, depending on context. Guidelines are things we’d like you to keep in mind when posting, rules are things  you need to follow … Continue reading State of the Avocado: 9/20/2019

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Open Thread Self-Evaluation Results

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Summary: As you can see below, the results mostly seem to say “don’t fix what isn’t broken.” However, there were some common complaints/concerns. Those were: The in-jokes and fast moving nature of the OT can make it feel exclusionary or hard to break into. The population of the OT can often be perceived as fairly static, which can also make it hard to break into. Meme spirals bring mixed results, as expected: some enjoy them, while some find them frustrating and wish they were more contained. Proposed Changes: None! However, there are great suggestions for new daily/regular threads in the … Continue reading Open Thread Self-Evaluation Results

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