Hi again, folks! Your friendly neighborhood Mumberthrax here with a quick report on happenings and goings-on about our subverse to keep you au courant. ^{(I learned that term today when trying to make this post!)}

But first, thanks to everyone for your words of support in the previous mod-post. I'm very happy that you guys approve of the direction we're moving toward. Also, welcome all newcomers! Voat has seen a massive increase in traffic over the past week, so I hope that you find our little subverse to your liking. : )

So here's a rundown on some recent meta-/v/conspiracy stuff

• I've removed zenof and alllie as moderators from v/conspiracy due to inactivity.

• Mods are discussing a proposed draft for a moderation policy. It'll be presented for community approval and/or revision before being made official.

• Some brainstorming/planning for regular stickied discussion topics.

• Mods have been invited to review some proposed sidebar and rules updates (rules updates will be presented to the community for approval/revision)

• Edit: Also, the subverse stylesheet was updated to the latest version of Typogra, so night mode now works. it also has a neat announcement bar up top! Edit2: well, hmm, actually @nurdoidz updated it again since then, so I will take a look at making us super up to date. Edit3: Done.

Mentioned in the previous mod-post:

• /v/conspiracymeta exists for creating discussions about our subverse and its moderation.
• Our "open source" moderation github project is open for any pull requests with suggested changes.
• An informal log of my actions as a moderator on v/conspiracy is available (and updated in real-time!)

Near future

This is my current informal near-future to-do list, sorted in no particular order:

• Get the moderation policy approved by the mods, confirmed by the community, and adopted officially.
• Get rules and sidebar updates approved by the mods, confirmed by community, and adopted officially.
• Have a community discussion about how mods should be selected, and formalize policy on this.
• Have a community discussion about bigotry/racism and conspiracy theories to figure out where we all stand.
• Solicit ideas for topics to discuss on weekly sticky'd discussion posts.
• Begin having weekly sticky'd discussions about topics the community chooses.
• Establish a good method for mod-team communication - maybe /v/conspiracymeta, IRC, Slack.com, etc.
• Continue exploring ideas and suggestions from the brainstorming posts and other community discussions and prioritize them.
• Round up recent meta-posts on /v/conspiracy and cross-post links on /v/conspiracymeta for historical purposes.

Oh is that all?

Whew. That's it for now! Thanks again for hanging around, you crazy kooky conspiracy kids! And as always, if you have any suggestions or complaints, let us know! ^{Or compliments, those are nice too. :3}