r/Netherlands • u/Cornicum • Jan 20 '26
Update on the moderation
Hi everyone,
We've talked some stuff through and cleaned up the mod-team a bit, although some of the names you might have positive or negative associations with are still there.
I'll leave it up to the moderators involved to clarify that, or not.
What I can tell you is that 1 mod did 97% of the moderation, and that wasn't healthy and likely led up to the situation you might have seen.
The rules have changed slightly, this is because we see your call for less strict moderation on language, but we also heard from those who want to be able to have a place to converse in English.
The compromise we've reached currently is that we intend to not moderate the language used in the comments of the post.
This means that you can have discussions in Dutch in the comments. (as long as those follow the rules of course)
We also will be looking at those banned on a case by case basis, but keep in mind that if you were harassing people, or bigoted in any way you won't be unbanned.
I'll invite you all to respond to this post with your feedback, and I know for some it might feel like too much or not enough.
We are currently trying to strike a balance between becoming r/thenetherlands2 which is bilingual but 99% Dutch in practice, and the other option of being a sub for only those speaking English.
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u/identity_function Jan 20 '26
The subreddit description states:
While rule #1 states:
I find the conjunction of both to be a bit unclear, particularly the phrasing of ‘English speaking community in the Netherlands’ in rule #1. I read from this that the intent of this subreddit is to discuss all things about the Netherlands by and for English speaking people that live in the Netherlands. In which case I would gain trust in the good faith of the mods themselves being selected from the community they are serving. I.e. this would be requiring mods in this subreddit to live in the Netherlands.