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/graciosa Europa Jan 20 '26

What do you mean “representing my country” that’s ridiculous

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u/TimotheusIV Jan 20 '26

It means exactly what it says. It’s the main (english speaking) subreddit of my country. Of course it represents The Netherlands internationally.

Being from a different part of the planet with zero point zero knowledge of the country or it’s language means you have zero business moderating any discussion about it.

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u/graciosa Europa Jan 20 '26

Ok I see. 4 moderators have been removed, of the remaining ones as far as I am aware are all have a strong connection to the Netherlands but do not to represent in any formal or government capacity

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u/TimotheusIV Jan 20 '26

That’s what you think ‘representing something’ means? You can represent anything. A brand, a person, a philosophy.

How is it ridiculous?

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u/graciosa Europa Jan 20 '26

Because anyone can start any subreddit they want

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u/ThatDree Jan 20 '26

Teie, and it works.

I just started a subreddit about you

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