/r/pics August 2017 Transparency Report

Good evening everyone!As you may or may not know, /r/pics held a contest during the recent solar eclipse that crossed America in the month of August. The results of the contest are in, and you can read those here: http://ift.tt/2j2ANaP new mods are all broken in and have been working hard. All have been promoted to full moderators. Congrats! We look for new mods usually 2-3 times a year, so keep an eye on these stickies or on /r/needamodHalloween approaches! Our creative team (/u/tragopanic and /u/lessons_learnt) are preparing a spook-tacular event and content for the month of October, so keep an eye out!StatsAugustDataDifferenceComment3 Month AverageYTDOtherTotal Submissions to Subreddit40,800Up 4800Well above average for /r/pics - Likely thanks to the Great American Solar Eclipse36,884274,368Total Moderation Actions53,201Up 18,000New Mod Syndrome! With 5 new mods on the table, many are quick to prove their salt. Thanks to them!37,22633,8950Submission Removals12,523Up 1500"944793,21830.69% of all submissions posted were removedComment Removals13,323Up 4000One of our focus areas for new mods is the comments, and they are doing very well there. In addition, automod has been getting smarter every month897081913Posts Approved3913Up 900337132,863Comments Approved6109Up 3000432037,861Bans1428~Includes Temp and Perma. No real increase in bans. New mods are under a tight leash before given access to this tool :)13099440Unbans77Up 10Does not include temp bans exipiring80823Reports Ignored2678Up 1700Please keep reporting stuff!155711,942Stickies Made3730A shit ton moreMostly all Automod14067588Posts Locked8Up 3752I know some people are going to ask, "How can you have 18,000 mod actions above last month but only 1500 more submission removals and 4000 comment removals?"The answer is that there are many more things counted in full, total moderator actions. Most of this stuff is boring, like wiki edits, notes, and distinguishing comments. Approving one post is 2 actions, removing a post is 2 or 3 actions.Thank you!edit: fixed table, spreadsheet errors via /r/pics http://ift.tt/2j1KB4X