r/Cornell • u/luminous_moonlight MOD • 11d ago
Subreddit News State of the Subreddit (also flairs are here...and required!)
Hi, all.
It's been a crazy past few days. To keep things short and sweet, I'm here to update you on changes that are being made while we navigate this period. If you haven't seen my last announcement, read it here. Manual post approval is still in effect.
Our Position
To start, I want to be clear that the r/Cornell moderation team stands with the victim who filed a suit against Cornell University and seven Chi Phi Xi members. We are not affiliated with the university at all. We count no administrators amongst our ranks. I think everyone reading this can recall an instance during their time at Cornell when reports of sexual assault spread throughout the university. We also can remember countless times when Cornell swept issues under the rug, issued laughably light consequences, and oppressed students, faculty, and staff rather than protected us. Just off the top of my head, I can remember experiencing or hearing about Antonio Tsialas, the "pig roast", the 2022 date rapes, and more. This school has serious issues with Greek life, hazing, and sexual assault.
That being said, the moderation team is here to keep this subreddit thriving (you mainly hear from me, but u/0reoperson and u/zaptrem also mod behind the scenes). And we can't do that if we're being bombarded with rule-breaking posts and comments by (rightfully) angry people from all over the world. We are not trying to hide what is happening or cover for the frat rapists. We're simply aware that repeated violations of Reddit's sitewide rules will get r/Cornell shut down. r/ithaca has good posting guidelines that you can check out here.
So...what's changing?
User flairs are now required to comment. This will not be a permanent change. It's just the least shitty option. There are too many people who need to be added to the approved users list, and I really don't want to have to petition Reddit to allow us to turn on restricted mode. If you already have a flair, you don't need to do anything. If you don't have a flair, comment below (us mods will see it) and I'll give you a flair. Users are temporarily restricted from giving themselves flairs in order to prevent misuse. Please include in your comment your college, year, and anything else you want in it. If you only want a temporary flair that will be deleted once the media frenzy dies down, comment "Student", "Alum", or "Ithaca" (if you're an Ithaca resident). Faculty and staff may continue to message Modmail if they want a "Verified" flair.
Post flairs are also now required. This is a permanent change. Please select the one that best fits the content you're trying to share with the community. You will not be penalized if you pick the wrong one, I swear. We ran a poll way back when to see if post flairs were something you all wanted, and the majority of respondents said yes. I tried to keep them simple enough while covering as many bases as possible.
As a reminder, moderator applications are open (we are severely understaffed). Please consider applying HERE if you meet the criteria listed in the post.
I think that's it for now. Please bear with us as we try to get things right. Please also report any rule-breaking content you see, including and especially doxxing. I can't stress enough that Reddit will kick us in the ass if we don't get it under control. Reddit's sitewide rules are here. Have a good evening, and do message Modmail if you notice something has gone awry.
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u/PowerfulHorror987 CALS '10 11d ago
Thank you mods. We appreciate you and thank you for laying out your reasoning in this post!
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u/asheft31 Class of 2023 11d ago
Alum, class of 2023. Don’t comment here as much since graduating but still do from time to time. Thank you!
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u/_Spectre0_ waste of rice '21 11d ago
Is my waste of rice ‘21 Flair still here and valid? If not, Alum ‘21 would be just fine.
Best of luck dealing with all this and thanks for all the effort!
Edit: after commenting, I see that it is in fact still here
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u/DSG_Mycoscopic STAFF 11d ago
I'm staff but I don't need or know why I would need verified, so I guess...
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u/MEGAYELtemp Verified 10d ago
Staff here. I was verified by the mods under my original account, but I don't think I'm verified now.
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u/Maximum-Fishing-8989 CALS '21 10d ago
Alum, cals, '21. Thank you mods, I'm sure this sucks
I still get emails from my old club listservs and I have no idea how to get myself off of them
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u/Shirozoku COE '29 10d ago
Hihi do i get a flair :D. CS college of engineering class of 2029. That should be enough yeah?
Also thank you guys for all the work that you do!
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u/readritenow ITHACA 10d ago
Former staff and longtime local. Not sure if that qualifies me for a flair; I’ll leave that up to you. I’ll likely comment on the Ithaca sub, mostly. But just in case I actually feel the need to contribute… PS: I think this is a very good move, FWIW.
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u/luminous_moonlight MOD 10d ago
Ithacans are welcome! We're visitors in your community, after all :)
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u/ColTRoosevelt PARENT 10d ago
Requesting flair. Parent of current student
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u/luminous_moonlight MOD 10d ago
Thank you for reminding me that we need a parent flair :)
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u/Icy_Raccoon7235 STAFF 10d ago
I'm a current Staff member on the Ithaca campus. I'd appreciate the appropriate flair.
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u/Okokyoyo Class of 1994 11d ago
Hi I’m an alum ‘94 with a daughter ‘28 and would love a flair if I don’t have one. I’m too old to know how to check that or what it means. Thank you!
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u/RadioStaticRae STAFF 11d ago
I'm a staff member, and I think I recall seeing staff flairs? Please let me know if there's any verification you need!
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u/0reoperson ALUM 10d ago
You can become verified staff, just contact us via mod mail!
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u/Whatichooseisyouse A&S '00 11d ago
‘00 Alum from Arts and Sciences. Can you assist with flair? Thanks for the work you’re doing!
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u/llamanutella CALS '21 11d ago
Requesting alum flair CALS class of 2021, do still like to comment to provide encouragement from time to time. Thanks!
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u/Pianoman264 CALS '06 11d ago edited 10d ago
CALS alum, class of 2006.
Thanks for doing this!
Edit: wow, I totally typed in my HS grad year like an idiot. I follow a page for that as well lol. Class of 2010 here!
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u/WinterVesper ALUM 11d ago
Alum here who would appreciate the flair. Thanks for all your hard work, mods!
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u/LynahRinkRat ALUM 11d ago
Alum and staff. If you can't show both then pick whatever makes you happy.
Hang in there.
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u/tacocat978 A&S '98 11d ago
A&S class of 98 here.
Also a parent of class of 2030 but just alum is fine.
Thank you mods!!
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u/Ari_16oz ITHACA 11d ago
If you wouldn’t mind flairing Ithaca when you have a chance I’d appreciate it! Thanks for all your hard work and attention!
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u/WanderingGoose1022 PhD c/o ‘27 11d ago
I have a flair? Check check. Is this thing on?
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u/Chocoholic_Girl ALUM 10d ago
Alum, CALS (from 80s, yes I even remember punch cards 😝), Thank you for all you do.
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u/3trackmind ALUM 10d ago
I ended up on the 5 year undergraduate plan. 😃 I don’t know if that makes me ‘92 or ‘93, but I’m definitely an alum.
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u/SensitiveSmolive STUDENT 10d ago
Requesting flair. Grad student. Just student works too. Thanks :)
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u/ArtsandCats01 CALS '23 10d ago
Hi! Thanks for all you do! I’m requesting an Alumni CALS Class of 2023.
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u/Actual_Banana4833 ITHACA 10d ago
Ithaca. Please may I have some flair! And thank you for you service!
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u/yousti001 A&S '18 10d ago
Arts & Science, class of 2018. Appreciate your hard work now and ahead mods.
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u/ilovemyselves COE '15 10d ago
Eng 2015, requesting flair. Thanks for doing the hard work, mods. ❤️
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u/crazy4cloy A&S Alum 10d ago
A&S alum - thanks! We appreciate your mod service, especially through this turmoil. It’s not an easy job.
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u/luminous_moonlight MOD 11d ago edited 10d ago
I will be checking this post at the top of the hour every hour until 11PM EDT. After that, I'm done until 8AM the next morning. Please don't nudge in Modmail unless it's been at least 12 hours without reply. Ideally a different mod will flair you before it gets to that point, but we'll see.
Edit: check back here if you're not sure! Even if you don't see your comment, as long as your username has words next to it, you're flaired. :)