r/ModSupport • u/MustaKotka • 5h ago
How easy is it to accidentally become "inactive" in a low-traffic sub?
I have a sub that averages ~1 submission per week. The trickle of posts is constant, but low. I approve the submissions and sometimes shuffle flairs around but not daily. Am I at a risk of becoming "inactive"? How easily can you make a redditrequest and actually succeed when there's a mod that actively monitors the sub (=me)?
As a part of my duties I've been trying to grow the sub but it's been quiet lately because it's a rather niche topic. I think I've "harvested" most of the folks that are interested in the sub to begin with i.e. I've reached the saturation point. There's a sub that is like "the main hub" which has 100x more members than mine. I'd still rather keep trying to maintain and grow the sub than abandon it altogether.
Morally speaking: if my efforts aren't good enough should I pass it on to someone else, a potentially more enthusiastic person? How would I even go about finding one?
I recruited another long-standing member as a mod but their efforts in growing the sub have also been in vain. In fact now their mod actions are eating away from mine so maybe that recruit was even counterproductive?