We need more moderators!

Since our latest end of the year subreddit survey showed that there was a desire for stricter moderation we have been trying to increase the level of moderation in the subreddit. In particular, more consistent enforcement of Rule II (for deleting off-topic threads) and Rule VI (for off-topic comments, anecdotes, political comments, etc.) will increase the quality of /r/economics discussion.

However, our current mod team is too sparse to effectively be everywhere we want to be, especially when threads blow up to 1000s of comments. As a result, we are opening up a call for new moderators, and we invite you to apply. Come help us raise the bar for /r/economics!

What do moderators do?

• Ruthlessly enforce our rules. Remove off-topic posts. Nuke comment threads. Ban Nazis.

• Answer questions in modmail and (occasionally) interact with media/researchers.

• Coordinate with the /r/badeconomics and /r/askeconomics mods.

• Some cool projects to make the subreddit a better place. We would like to keep expanding the FAQ. And we're interested in any ideas that new moderators (or community members in general!) bring to the table.

What are we looking for?

1. Interest in economics and decent background (college major in Economics as the floor). We're not looking for subject matter experts^2, just a passion for the subject, and an ability to distinguish links that are good for /r/economics from those that really should be in /r/politics, /r/investing, or /r/business.

2. History of well-written comments in the /r/economics subreddit, and general mature behavior in reddit as a whole.

3. We are especially interested in people who have time to moderate posts and comments. When a post on /r/economics makes it to /r/all, we need people to respond quickly before the comments devolve too far.

Please leave a comment in this thread if you are interested!

Let us know you economics background, how much time you spend on /r/economics, ideas for cool projects, and anything else that might help us better evaluate your fit.