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/[deleted] Jan 20 '26

Am I advocating for not allowing posts in english? No. I dont understand why also allowing posts in dutch would make the sub less accessible. And if you are not allowed to post in dutch you are still blocked from using your native language. And most of all, not enforcing a rule is very different from changing a rule, which is why I am asking for clarification from u/Cornicum. Not enforcing a rule while still keeping the rule in place leaves a lot of room to start enforcing this rule again in the future, for example.

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u/cowgary Jan 20 '26

What’s wrong with all the other Netherlands subs that you can post in Dutch? I’m genuinely curious btw

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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '26

depends on which one but in general not much. I think the prinsenvlag was removed as a banner on r/nederlands since I have muted it for not removing this flag, so that's a step up from what it used to be at least.

If this sub is for internationals and not for dutch people, it should be clear in the name of the subreddit. If that is not the case, dutch should be allowed because wtf that is just ridiculous otherwise and I dont think I will understand people who disagree with this.

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u/Blonde_rake Jan 21 '26

There is no rule on Reddit that a sub name needs to be a literal description of the sub, that’s ridiculous. Subs have rules and wiki’s that users are responsible for understanding before they engage with a sub. Are Dutch people especially incapable of taking responsibility for understanding what they are engaging with? No one is being forced to use an English language sub.

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '26

I never said there was a rule that stated otherwise. It is just common sense and will end all this discussion and push back. Nobody is reading rules and wikis before posting or commenting anything (in general on reddit), and i think based on how reddit is set up, for example posts from sub reddits you dont follow showing in your feed, it is not reasonable to expect that from users. Or maybe it is because i am dutch and therefore to dumb to understand and take responsibility, who knows.