Dear Members,

Congratulations on achieving 2 Million Members milestone. To be honest, its too soon to celebrate as we had 1 Million celebrations on 4th April 2024 and now we are here with another Million celebration.

Still, 2M is a HUGE achievement and we are 2nd Indian Subreddit to reach this milestone. You can make Posts to celebrate 2M and this includes Meta posts as well. Celebration will continue till Sunday and then we go back to normal.

There is a lot of chatter about PR and how they influence this Subreddit. Mods have requested me to address this issue. I will try to address most commonly asked questions . If your question is not answered here, you can ask them in comments. However, please don't ask a question that is already addressed here.

1. Are Mods aware of PR on Sub?

Yes, we are more aware than any normal member about PR. They have been trying to figure out Reddit since this Sub became mainstream. The good thing is that Reddit is more complicated, PR can't spam it, like they do with Twitter Bots or IMDB. They can't send 200 copy paste comments from Bots and change the narrative here.

Mods are experienced and trained to spot PR activity and we take action once we see someone is trying to influence Subreddit. Be assured, we are in control.

2. What are PR activities that only Mods can see

Members only see what is posted on Sub. We also see Posts and comments that are auto removed by Reddit filters.

A recent example that we saw on r/Bollywood was Review bombing by PR on Trailer, Posters and Reviews Megathread.

We saw a pattern in every movie Reviews thread and it continued for few months. Most Reviews were from low Karma accounts, so we banned them and their comments were auto removed. We have increased Karma on Bollywood and keep strict eye for Review manipulation.

A recent Mod post explained why took all Reviews on r/Bollywood. This was also one of the primary reasons that we didn't disclose in the post. Link to Mod post

3. You do so many AMAs, how could you not be connected to PR

Mods do not get in touch with Celeb Managers for AMA. There's a India Reddit team, they are paid by Reddit and their job is to bring Celebs for AMA. We simply HOST AMAs. We don't contact Celebs or their managers even during AMA. Team Reddit is the contact.

Even if an agency contacts us for AMA, we send them to Reddit's AMA team and they coordinate with Celebs and their managers.

Another reason why we don't contact managers is because we want to remain anonymous. None of the Mods want to give their phone number to PR. All Managers need a contact number to coordinate, so we avoid getting involved with AMA.

4. Why is "Calling member as PR" a ban. If Mods accept there is PR on Sub, shouldn't we allowed to call out PR?

Mods accept that there is PR but we never said "Everyone is PR". Please understand that we aren't major target for PR as they know they can't change our opinions and we are not as mainstream as you think.

This was the first Ban rule that I made on this Subreddit because any criticism was dismissed as "Rival PR" and any praise was labelled as "PR post". This completely kills the discussion and goes into abuse and insulting exchange.

If you suspect someone to be PR, REPORT them. We have lot of OG tea and controversial topics posted against popular stars. If we don't have this rule, nothing will get posted and discussed, except everyone calling each other a "PR"

5. How do Mods ensure a "Fan Mod" stays unbiased

We select our Mods carefully. Most Mods are long term members before they became Mods. We know if they are fan or prefer some stars. When they join Mod team, they are given extensive training on Rules. Most Mods, who identify as fans, don't take action like Ban or even post removal of rival fandom. We have a Mod Chat, where they send link to other Mods, to decide what to do.

The so called "Mod Power" is not in one Mod's control.

Every Mod can look at ALL actions taken by any Mod. For example, I can look at "All Bans by Gossip-Luv" in one panel.

Every Mod action is recorded on each post. All Mods can see who approved/removed a post. If you have ever moderated a Sub, you would know that it is impossible to hide mod action. Mods worry about their own integrity than any fan war.

6. What if PR pays Mods?

PR has to first find a person to pay. Who will PR pay?

A huge Subreddit like ours is run by team of Mods. PR can't guess who all are active Mods. I am on top of Mod list but I don't Moderate this Sub. The ones who actively moderate, stay in background. The most active Mod has not made a single comment on Sub. Trust me, PR or anyone can never figure out who they should pay.

Suppose, PR pays all Mods to praise Shanaya Kapoor. Do you think Mods can make this happen? Lets say, Mods allow 20 posts praising Shanaya, do you think Shanaya will become popular because 20 Reddit posts say so?

You all begin calling out people if they make 2 positive comments on someone, do you think such paid agenda will be successful here?

If we allow such posts, this Subreddit will be dead in 2 months. Mods understand you all are here because this Subreddit is neutral. We understand that people join this Sub, because it is the only place left on internet, that is not controlled by PR.

We won't kill the USP of this Subreddit. You aren't a sheep that could be blindly led to PR agenda. Give some credit to yourself and Mods.

7. So many fans are already banned here, isn't this bias

We don't ban anyone because they are a "Stan or Fan". Most fans who got banned were found doing Anti Subreddit activity, Ban evasion, sending threats to Mods and a few boasting about their " High up connections" that can get this Sub banned. One person can have good comment history and they can be absolutely rude on Mod mails and DMs.

We unban everyone after 30 days, if they don't engage in above activities. We also urge "fans" to make variety of posts in other Bollywood Subs and this Sub, to present their case for unban.

If you have doubt on why some people are back from Ban, check their Post history. A good contribution in Posts would always gets you Unban here.

8. A word about Copyrights removal of Posts

Copyrights takedown is a common thing on Reddit because we have become mainstream. All IPL performance posts are taken down as Cricket related things are heavily monitored on Reddit

Movie shooting leaks of Anurag Basu and Kartik Movie is also taken down and we respect it. If Producers encourage leaks, they aren't' taken down because they want to use leaks to create hype.

A screenshot of confirmation from Admins about removal of Vicky Kaushal Post

Lastly, we are not managing this Subreddit as per our own Whims and caprices. There's a Reddit India Admin team that oversees how a Subreddit is managed. They can remove Mods and even Ban a Subreddit if its not following Rules set by Reddit. Here's appreciation from Admins.

AMA is open now, you can ask questions about Rules, how this Sub is managed....I and other Mods will try to answer it.

Yesterday we celebrated April Fool's day and we didn't fool anyone with our Posts about Reshma Shetty taking over this Subreddit. Still, we had lots of complaints about "Why are Vicky Katrina on Sub's Icon".

Ammi jaan kehti hai, be careful what you wish for.

Yesterday, a post was removed by Vicky Kaushal PR. It was old post about his claim of "How I could have died under 100 horses" and a scene with him riding a wooden horse. Link to Removed post

Let me clarify that the Post was removed by Reddit yesterday, doesn't have anything to do with our little prank about Reshma Shetty PR taking over us. Reddit must have received complaint a few days back and post was removed yesterday . Its a coincidence.

This is my reply, from entire Mod Team, in response to the post removal. We are not going to contest this post removal, as we don't care enough and its Vicky's loss.

Dear Mr Katrina,

It looks like you have started taking your "Superstardom" bit too seriously. You are not the first one to falter on first step. Your PR has been annoying in background of this Subreddit for sometime. We ignored it, because we are biased for outsiders and yes, we consider you as outsider as you are not a "Star Kid" and we have soft spot for good actors, who have made their way up from character roles. Looks like your goodwill on Subreddit has ended now.

We see you, when your PR subtly inserts "Couple Goals". You are lucky that your competition was RSDP, who have been victim of their own excessive PR. Let me say, you are successful in your "Green Forrest Goals" till now. Let us see how long it lasts. Because, there's expiry date on everything.

Your PR got "Salman pushing Vicky" video removed too and we didn't care because no one has sympathy for Salman here. In fact, someone had fun posting a "Ronaldo ignoring Salman" video as retaliation. Salman didn't get that video removed, because Superstars don't care what a small Subreddit is saying about them.

We have very damaging Videos of SRK, in fact, a lot of them get posted every month. SRK, who is real Superstar, never took any post down. We mods remove it due to "done to death" repost rule.

Your video was not damaging at all. If your team took time to read comment section, it was all in your favour. No one expects you do ride horse in high speed and do sword fighting. By getting that post removed, you have done disservice to the fans who posted evidence in your favour.

Why so salty about one video? If I was your PR, I would have made fun of the clip on own Insta with caption - Have you never exaggerated your efforts? Yes I had a "Thoda zyda bol dia" moment, kitna troll karoge bhai. I also did Horse riding and my back hurt so much....maaf kardo. -- This would have really killed that video, without removing it from everywhere.

If you want to become a Superstar, remember one thing- Superstar has HATERS. There is no Superstar without haters. Why do people hate you? Because you are threat to their favourites. If a comment section only has good comments, it means you are not ruffling feathers. Once your movies stop working, people will move on to the next Green Forrest. Ranveer Singh has been there, done all this.

You want to be treated like a Superstar, then behave like one. Concentrate on your movies, not on Reddit Posts.

Congratulations on unblocking a New Flair .