Hey mods! Last month, I shared some Mod Log updates and, thanks to your feedback, today I’m back to preview a few more that will be coming very shortly. One of the main things that came up was that many of you would like to see removal reasons included in the Mod Log, especially for content removed by Reddit. Great idea! Starting next week, you’ll begin to see removal reasons in the Mod Log on new Reddit in some cases where the content is removed by Reddit.

Now when content is removed by Reddit for violating Reddit’s Content Policy, the entry in the Mod Log will include the site-wide rule that was violated, except certain content that is removed automatically. Such removals will not appear in Mod Log.

Another update we’re adding is the ability for you, as moderators, to see most content that’s been taken down in your community, with the exception of content that violates Rule 3 or 4 of our Content Policy, content that is deemed by Reddit to infringe a copyright, and any video content. For posts, the content you can see will include titles, images, and text; for comments, it will include the comment body. To view content that’s been removed, you can go to a community’s Mod Log on new Reddit and select Show details next to the Mod Log entry.

Here’s what the Mod Log will look like after these changes:

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With these two changes that have increased visibility into what content Reddit is removing and why, most policy violating content will also no longer be viewable from a user's profile or via direct link to the content .

However, as stated above, you’ll still be able to go to your Mod Log to see content that Reddit has taken down, find out what rule was violated, and view the content itself (except for rule 3 & 4 violations, copyright infringing content, and video content) by selecting Show details as shown in the examples above.

In the event that you disagree with a decision or think a mistake has been made, you can continue to reach out directly to r/ModSupport for clarification.

Thanks to all of you who have given your feedback on the latest round of updates. We’re excited for a solution that means moderators will be able to better review takedowns and admin decisions, while exposing fewer people to policy-violating content.

I’ll stick around a bit to answer questions and hear what you think.