May 2017 Transparency Report

Hello humans or aliens, thanks for reading!Admittedly it's been a very slow month for us at /r/pics - We have a number of things we would like to tackle but are waiting and trying to resolve issues that are currently outside our hands. Before we get started on a few awesome projects, we want to close up some important loose ends. Part of this involves working with admin who are known for operating slower than any meaningful metaphor/similes I could make.With that in mind, here are the stats for May 2017MayDataDifferenceComment3 Month AverageYTDOtherTotal Submissions to Subreddit35280Up ~1500Within pretty normal varience, a bit higher than average34,316163,716Total Moderation Actions42277Down ~1000Overall, moderation actions declined - This doesn't necessarily mean that we had less content to moderate or made any concrete changes as moderation actions are entirely dependant on the kind of content users submit42978227271Submission Removals10710Down ~2500Notably under average, even with submissions higher120536487830.36% of all submissions posted were removedComment Removals13434Up ~3000Higher than average by a serious amount. We had a number of threads that were more controversial than the typical threads we get1141855004Posts Approved3385Down ~900While this number can fluctuate without us making any noted changes, this tends to related to how fine tuned our automod rules are402022430Comments Approved4796Up ~1000456324901Bans1108Up ~400Closer to average than last month which was quite the outlier. That said, we often use these controversial posts as "honeypots" to help remove repeat offenders who just can’t helpthemselves10295513Unbans123~Does not include temp bans exipiring105582Reports Ignored1366Up ~250Please keep reporting stuff!11937271Stickies Made691-9533370Posts Locked8=This number seems to be rapidly developing as the mode of this dataset832Reddit admins made 0 actions in /r/picsWe got no takedown requestsThanks, sorry I don't have more to share :(P.S. Thanks to my co-moderators for all getting me an amazing birthday card. You guys rock. via /r/pics http://ift.tt/2qKO5MB