Hello r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates (and hello to the mods),

I’m doing this mainly because I’ve been reached out to by multiple individuals who do not want to see this subreddit be shuttered completely, which is very understandable.

I fully support the API protest, and I believe that doing the weekly “Touch Grass Tuesday” suggested on r/ModCoord is the most effective action we can take without the admins intervening. As a moderator of a few subs since 2018, I’ve been burnt out and jaded by it in part because of how awful Reddit’s administration has been towards me and my other mods. This was the cherry on top.

With that being said, I have been very inactive over the last 2-3 years as a moderator. I was the first moderator to be added by the founder, u/serpentineeyelash, but the subreddit has ballooned in size and in activity since then. I’ve also gone through many personal life changes and have been in an intensive mental health treatment plan for over a year now. Every few months I would become active again for a few months at a time, but I would always drop off.
I believe that wouldn’t be an acceptable way to act as a head moderator. However, I’ve been approached by other (much more active) mods from other aligned subreddits such as r/Intactivism who are willing to put in the work to keep this place alive.

This is also important because Reddit can and will remove moderators who redirect the sub to an off-site platform. It’s blatantly against the rules now and has been since r/The_Donald happened. Not only that, they’ve already been observed enforcing this in retaliation to subs that protest.

I understand that this is an unconventional method of approaching the community about this topic, and that normally posts like this should not be done unilaterally - it’s not my style as a head mod. However, the circumstances have changed and Reddit is at risk of crumbling. The total shutdown of LWMA is also in the cards, so this is my personal effort to take the torch so-to-speak and allow the moderators who wish to leave, the ability to resign if they do desire or to stay and assist if they so desire.

I will do a moderator roll-call now, and I’d encourage mods to give their input candidly. Please do not remove this post, as by this point, we are potentially nearing the end of the sub anyways and it wouldn’t accomplish much to maintain that level of decorum. Thank you for your understanding.

Thank you, Pokebert (u/2717192619192)