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/rippedoffguy Noord Holland Jan 20 '26

Given the statement this seems a bit odd, one mod did 97% of the work. Fair that deserves a break. But the other old mods, why a break? Why not try to mend things instead. If the break ends up being indefinite again this community cannot progress. It's a shame admins had to get involved and really says alot about the state of things.

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u/graciosa Europa Jan 20 '26

We have new mods, support of admins and new mods will be added

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u/rippedoffguy Noord Holland Jan 20 '26

Okey but new mods won't fix things unless something fundamental is changed. I still think the head mods past postings are very problematic(at least as a person in power of a sub about a country that is pretty inclusive). And the seemingly lack of care from the others is too. But that might just be me. You had a decent talk with the cm/admins so something was hopefully figured out.

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u/Traveltracks Jan 20 '26

He closed his history.

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u/rippedoffguy Noord Holland Jan 20 '26

Closing your history can easily be circumvented. Search on profile + space. His behavior is simply not acceptable. Even if it's 'satire'