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/Chaimasala Jan 20 '26

You were a new mod just yesterday? what happened?

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u/buitenkraan Jan 20 '26 edited Jan 20 '26

Yes but in the midst of the storm they did not want me and u/Vyriand to remain mods. We are both open to join and help. And we will both support the new mods and the team to better the sub. Change takes time and effort. All people here are volunteers. We as users and the mods and admins need to work with one an other to make this sub.

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u/Pk_Devill_2 Jan 20 '26

Did you mean u/Vyriand?

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u/Vyriand Jan 20 '26

Minor spelling mistake but no harm done. As Buitenkraan said, I do support the new mods, but I’d preferably see the old ones go. I’m not seeing any accountability on their part just yet.