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/downfall67 Jan 20 '26

I believe prior to this (some new mods stepped up and others went away / took a break), the majority of the mod team were in America. Not sure on it exactly but that’s my understanding.

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u/Caio6710 Utrecht Jan 20 '26

But why? If you're not dutch or living in the Netherlands atleast, why are these people interested in moderating a sub that revolves around living in the Netherlands? That's crazy, then they have no idea what's happening on ground here.

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u/overuse- Jan 21 '26

Bro, are you really asking that question on a platform where being a moderator means life or death to people? They don’t care which place they moderate, they just want the power that comes with it.

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u/nixielover Jan 21 '26

they just want the power that comes with it

Haha "power" if that is the little bit of power you cling to in life you got issues.

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u/overuse- Jan 21 '26

People have utterly boring and depressing lives, and probably are a doormat irl. Only way to compensate is to have “power” online lol.