Something I've noticed in the last (nearly) year of moderating /r/alcohol.

No matter what you do, somebody will hate you for it.

Get rid of spam, people will bitch at you. Hold a contest giving away free stuff, people will bitch at you. Try to hold a completely open discussion about anything, people will bitch at you.

It's almost enough to make me want to give up. The constant downvotes, the death threats, the snarky comments; there's times when I'm ready to just drop the subreddit completely.

But I'm not dropping the subreddit. I picked it up because somebody else dropped it. That's how it got full of spam and garbage. And I'm not about to let that happen again.

Downvote me all you want, I don't care about imaginary points.

Make your death threats, what are you, twelve?

Snark all you want in every thread, and I'll make those comments disappear.

/r/alcohol is going to be a positive place, no matter what you do, because the people who want it to be a positive place far outnumber you!