Boy, has a lot of changed in the last few days.

First, it is with great sadness that three of our current mods are stepping down :(

Each of them has tremendous responsibilities that have come up in their lives, some good and some heavy. It’s definitely not for a lack of love for the sub though, I can guarantee that. Please keep u/megannalexandra, u/Giraffies, and u/lenaandcats in your thoughts as they move forward with their lives. EVERY SINGLE ONE of them has been absolutely amazing.

Now for some upcoming changes to the sub…

First and foremost, we are going off of Approve Only. This is why people’s posts have not been showing immediately after being submitted, but had to be approved by a moderator. As a temporary measure, flairs will be automatically applied to every new post notifying users that it has not been approved yet and to use additional caution when dealing with said post. Once it’s approved by a mod, we will apply the appropriate flair to the post. This change to the flairs is only temporary.

During that time, we will be prioritizing the applications for mods and preparing for a change to a more permanent solution. You will begin to see users receive a new flair. This means that all 3 of the user's last sale posts have been consistent and without conflict. This should not be seen as an endorsement by us, just that they haven’t had any notable issues recently.

That user flair is in preparation for another change: Anyone who posts without that flair will have to have their post approved by a mod before it shows in the sub. This means that new users and sellers who have had recent conflicts will have a bit of a slowdown before their post is live, but they can still post. This will give us an important buffer to be able to find sellers who try to evade bans by using alts. We look to implement that in the coming weeks (enough time that our regular sellers can post without issue). Their posts will still go through the normal verification process, but their posts will not show in the sub immediately.

A couple of other changes- Two of the temp mods are wizards at creating bots. We have in the works 2 separate things that will help us out immensely. First, we are almost ready to go live with a bot that will automate the Request Megathreads :) These will continue to be at random times on Sundays and Wednesdays, but the time will be truly randomized. Second, a bot is in the works to verify that someone has not broken the 7-day rule, thus streamlining the verification process for us.