I used to silently report stuff, until someone pointed out to me that some people probably aren't intentionally breaking rules, and that reminding them of said rules could do a lot more good.

Since it only takes a few seconds to post that preset message, I thought, "hey why not, let's see if that works better".
I'm not completely sure of the results yet, besides the obvious backslash you get when you make a mistake.
For now that's the first time I get that much hate for this. If it happens again, I'll go back to silently reporting, and too bad if it's not as helpful.

AutoModerator is a mod here, and could be used a lot more, wether it's removing obvious spam, like posts literally titled "check out my dope beat", or automatically answering the most common basic questions with generic but helpful advice. Alternatively, we could have a Q&A post sticky instead of somewhat redundant feedback/promotion/collaboration threads.

I'm not sure how much removed content comes directly from mods and how much is due to the reports, but I can at least say I see too much spam in the new feed of this sub, and spam that can be automatically dealt with.

Personally, I only have to downvote what I don't want to see and it's automatically hidden. Reporting spam doesn't benefits me in any way or form. It will only benefits others that hopefully won't see it since it would have been removed since then.
If I'm doing more harm than good, I'll gladly stop trying to help, save me time and not bother anymore.

Last time I tried to ask the community about something, it got mostly downvoted and ignored. I guess I should put a motivational quote or a picture of gear if I want to attract attention.

Which leads me to wonder about the status of this community.
I thought it wasn't about posting pictures, but I was wrong apparently and didn't understand the rule correctly. Fine.
I thought people wouldn't want to see self-promotion, but apparently if it's about getting into a Spotify playlist or free stuff it's okay. Fine.
I could continue but that's not the point.

So what exactly is this subreddit for then?

I can posts links to all kinds of video tutorials, blog posts and stuff like that if that's what people want. I would consider that spam, but I've been wrong many times before, so I don't know.

I try answering the common noob questions, though that doesn't get any recognition either. Also, it's something that a bot could do.

So if there's something I can reasonably do to be helpful, let me know.

If it has to end as "this user tried to help this subreddit and failed. the end." So be it, I'll stop caring about this community and go away. That's not what I want to do, but if that's what people want, fine.