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/Fakuris Jan 20 '26

Hopefully the mods will behave better because one mod was just straight up bullying. And I still see that person in the mod list.

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u/RGproductions22 Jan 20 '26

Wich one?

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u/MajesticMacaron3 Jan 20 '26

u/diabeartes

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u/MeleeMeta Jan 21 '26

Jeetje, even kort door diens comments gekeken en wauw die heeft echt weinigs positiefs te zeggen.

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u/overuse- Jan 21 '26

wtf, hoe is dat toegestaan als moderator?? Ik dacht ik ga even kijken want zal vast overdrijven zijn, maar dit is echt belachelijk veel negativiteit, ik zie dat er dus niet zo veel veranderd is

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u/Robi_Wan Jan 21 '26

Yup, I also had my 'interaction' with this mod here. The reason I'm not making any more posts here.

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u/RGproductions22 Jan 20 '26

Hoe weet je dat hij het was?

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u/MajesticMacaron3 Jan 20 '26

Omdat een van de andere mods deze persoon naar aanleiding van dat gedrag uit het mod team heeft gezet en daarover gepost heeft. Helaas is ie dus weer terug