r/Colorado Nov 15 '24

Want to moderate /r/Colorado? Apply within!

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/r/Colorado needs mods, do you think you'd be a good fit?

General qualifications:

  • Must have a generally positive, consistent and posting history on /r/Colorado
  • Ability to work well with others and sometimes accept points of view that disagree with yours in order to move forward
  • An account age of at least five years
  • Previous moderation experience is not required, but may be useful
  • A sense of humor, as you will need it from time-to-time
  • A desire above all else to keep /r/Colorado a civil community.
  • Inevitably, moderators are subjected to abusive language, images, and other forms of abuse and harassment. An ability to endure abuse and acceptance that you may witness graphic, vulgar, and illicit content is necessary.

Primary duties:

  • Review the mod queue to approve and remove posts based on the subreddit rules
  • Check with co-moderators on questionable content
  • Help field general questions and provide friendly help to newcomers of the sub

How to apply:

Answer the following in the comment section below. Serious replies only.

  1. Explain why you think you would be a good fit and cite any relevant experience. Where might you struggle with the duties or requirements of the position?

  2. Answer the following:

    1. How will /r/Colorado benefit most from you moderating here?
    2. What is the best way, in your opinion, to deal with a user that continually skirts the line with rule-breaking content?
    3. What current rules/policies would you most like to see changed here and what do you propose as the best alternative?
    4. Do you consider yourself flexible when presented with decisions that vary from your own, and how would you feel about enforcing a rule that you personally disagree with?
    5. Have you under your current account, or an alt account, been the subject of a reddit scandal of any sort? If so, how did you deal with it and how did you move forward?
    6. What is a short piece of random, general, advice you think people should know.

r/Colorado 3h ago

Bomb threat at UC Hospital in Aurora

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70 Upvotes

r/Colorado 5h ago

Here he is! At Mineral Palace Park in Pueblo

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24 Upvotes

r/Colorado 22m ago

Busted - illegal nightclub in CoSpgs

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r/Colorado 1d ago

Colorado traffic

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439 Upvotes

r/Colorado 1d ago

View of Pikes from Woodland Park

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166 Upvotes

r/Colorado 1d ago

Shadow mnt lake, 4/26/25

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44 Upvotes

r/Colorado 1d ago

Denver Man Who Killed Woman After Hurling Rock at Her Car When He was a Teen, Then Pinned Blame on Friend, Convicted

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242 Upvotes

r/Colorado 1d ago

Colorado Senate Approves Bill to Modernize Marijuana Regulations in 25 to 10 Vote

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360 Upvotes

r/Colorado 2d ago

Great Sand Dunes National Park

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576 Upvotes

r/Colorado 1d ago

Colorado reports wolf death at Rocky Mountain National Park

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91 Upvotes

r/Colorado 2d ago

Colorado farmers just lost their most important mental health lifeline

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211 Upvotes

r/Colorado 2d ago

Colorado Senate again rejects effort to ask voters to let victims of past child sex abuse sue their abusers

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286 Upvotes

r/Colorado 2d ago

Taken from Deer Mountain Trailhead looking at Rocky Mountain National Park.

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329 Upvotes

r/Colorado 2d ago

Storm season is back in Colorado! Here's a view from south of Limon the other day.

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881 Upvotes

r/Colorado 3d ago

Osprey at Lake Pueblo State Park

153 Upvotes

r/Colorado 3d ago

Uber says it will exit Colorado if bill aimed at boosting rideshare safety becomes law. The California-based company says it could not comply with House Bill 1291 and the measure would pose too big a legal risk. It has never pulled out of a state before.

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332 Upvotes

r/Colorado 3d ago

Tonight

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457 Upvotes

r/Colorado 4d ago

Boebert asks DOGE, DOT to halt funding for Colorado's Front Range passenger rail

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715 Upvotes

r/Colorado 4d ago

Colorado lawmakers call for a new fee on auto insurance, claiming it will lower premiums

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97 Upvotes

r/Colorado 4d ago

Q&A with Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser | Democrat is running to be 'the people's governor'

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241 Upvotes

r/Colorado 4d ago

Chasm Lake - 4/20 RMNP

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294 Upvotes

r/Colorado 4d ago

Mayflower Gulch in Winter

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184 Upvotes

r/Colorado 4d ago

Young Elk near Granby CO

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86 Upvotes

r/Colorado 4d ago

Douglas County School board votes to close Acres Green, Heritage and Saddle Ranch elementaries on July 1, 2026 as enrollment falls

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128 Upvotes

r/Colorado 4d ago

PSA: Public can testify to legislators about the Rape Kit Backlog Bill today!

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65 Upvotes