Everyone: Since "the selection process itself will be a private discussion", as a micro-protest, post your application here in public. It is very simple, easy, peaceful political exercise. Nobody need to blow a fuse here. It would be immediately visibly obvious what the selection strategy is if everything is transparent. Hold them to their promise of transparency.
Here is mine:
Username: proper_b_wayne
Time zone or hours available to moderate:
UTC 10PM to 2PM. During the day if necessary.
Reddit Summary:
How long have you been here? What are your thoughts on Reddit in general?
About a year and a half, IIRC. I have a love hate relationship with reddit. It would be fun, had it not be that every other day, I would hit on some annoying white male racism, i.e. small penis jokes, asian women are easy for white men, can't drive, we are untrustworthy and cunning, asians are dirty and shit everywhere, asians are the most racists in the world. Permenant othering and out-group generalization. This is why safe space like this sub is absolutely critical as a breather. Always come back to here as "home base" to regain some sanity.
Asian American experience:
1.5 gen Chinese American. Did not grow up in "California/Hawaii/North Texas Asian bubble". No "Asian bubble effect" here. Straight up midwest. Living in the intersection of Asia America and White America. Between sweet bliss of the bubble shielding me away from all of this and extreme whitewashing. It is probably the situation of most people here, which is why we are so conscious about all of this.
Link one specific example of a GOOD thread/moderator in action in this subreddit and explain what worked and how you would encourage similar discussions in the future:
Mods let people airing their opinion out. Even though lots of comments need to be removed, still it is not prematurely shut down. It is an extremely hot button issue that merit discussion, and it is good that at least the mods tried to let it out. (I still don't think it should be locked though. It is the hottest issue that people care about the most. If we are not going to talk about it here, where else in the world?)
Link one specific example of a BAD thread/mod in action in this subreddit and explain what you would've done differently
That one deleted post about a British Asian male blogger committing suicide over an extreme version of the issue that we all face, over "fear that the discussion would insult someone". Complete lack of trust in the community. Completely lack of empathy and support in an extremely prevalent problem. When challenged, no apologies were ever made. Every response was a cop-out. Every mod covered for each other.
What is the biggest challenge the subreddit faces, and how would you address it?
Bring more AA voice from different groups in here. Create a community that is indeed friendly to everyone. The concern about too overwhelming AA male voice is valid. There is a real urgent need to let every segment of AA sub-community to air their dirty laundry here and give them the support that they sorely lack in real life.
Dismissal and zero-sum oppression competition (you don't have it as bad as us, so don't complain) is horrible and unproductive. Being on the receiving end of this as an AM, until very recently, I am extremely empathetic against gas-lighting and un-empathetic dismissal of social justice issues.
I am real fucking serious here. Not just lip service. Not PC talk. This is the one of the few place in the world where various segments of AA community can come together and lend support to each other. If not here, then nowhere else. Our community and our group strength collapse. It is for the good of everyone that we be mutually supportive and be tolerant and forgiving of each other's flaws. It is dumb as fuck to divide and hate and grudge on each other. None of us will be the winner in the end.
How would you work to create a safe and respectful environment for all our members to contribute to good-faith, supportive, high-quality discussion? Especially for members of our most marginalized populations (including women, LGBTQ, mixed race, etc.)
Last part answered this partially. Strategy would be to constantly drill in the fact that if we grudge or hate, absolutely no one will end up being the winner here. Make sure to call things out. Better to induce an apology and all party gain an understanding, rather than just delete things straight up and everyone gets a little angry and feeling unwelcomed.
Turns out to be a pretty serious app. I was just hoping it would be short and quick. The questions are interesting.