[2019] Are the mods actually Phoenix employees?

Originally posted by ABlankShyde

Wrong. I just checked the AMA, in the post there’s a list of “Developers in this tread”, and a few are mods here, like u/PHX-Shae I’m not arguing that this is bad tho, but I understand OP’s logic.

Originally posted by ofdiggiesanddogs

Thanks for replying, and I'm really not trying to stir up anything. I really love the game and the devs seem like good people.

I have a question on active moderation vs people with moderator positions. Just checking u/gtez's history, it seems like he is both a mod and works on the game? He/She seems like a genuinely nice dev, but if they are only moderators in extreme edge cases, couldn't they simply be flaired and unmodded since it shouldn't impact the subreddit management anyways?

I'm not necessarily advocating for that by the way, just looking for an answer on why we couldn't do that instead. I don't know its just a little scary if there was an intensely polarizing topic that the Dev-side would have control over the sub.

For example, what if someone wrote a long form post about micro transactions in this game and a lot of people agreed that they didn't like the way they were implemented. After enough of those posts would they start being removed? As a community manager, would you not only listen to the concerns over this, but allow people to continue vocalizing their remarks (as players posting on a subreddit is usually our only course of action for protesting something).

EDIT: Again, this sub is a breath of fresh air seeing so much positivity, but I'm sure as someone in the community management sphere you are aware there will probably be ups and downs for player morale. I really appreciate how open you guys have been so far, so thank you.

EDIT2: https://imgur.com/a/thAFR3c Is this list not accurate?

Originally posted by ofdiggiesanddogs

Thanks for replying, and I'm really not trying to stir up anything. I really love the game and the devs seem like good people.

I have a question on active moderation vs people with moderator positions. Just checking u/gtez's history, it seems like he is both a mod and works on the game? He/She seems like a genuinely nice dev, but if they are only moderators in extreme edge cases, couldn't they simply be flaired and unmodded since it shouldn't impact the subreddit management anyways?

I'm not necessarily advocating for that by the way, just looking for an answer on why we couldn't do that instead. I don't know its just a little scary if there was an intensely polarizing topic that the Dev-side would have control over the sub.

For example, what if someone wrote a long form post about micro transactions in this game and a lot of people agreed that they didn't like the way they were implemented. After enough of those posts would they start being removed? As a community manager, would you not only listen to the concerns over this, but allow people to continue vocalizing their remarks (as players posting on a subreddit is usually our only course of action for protesting something).

EDIT: Again, this sub is a breath of fresh air seeing so much positivity, but I'm sure as someone in the community management sphere you are aware there will probably be ups and downs for player morale. I really appreciate how open you guys have been so far, so thank you.

EDIT2: https://imgur.com/a/thAFR3c Is this list not accurate?

Originally posted by ofdiggiesanddogs

Wow, this is super cool. Thank you so much for thinking about this and coming to a decision. My brother and I recently started playing and have loved every minute of it. I'm really hoping to make this my main game, so thanks for checking off the "Devs are sick" box.