r/personalfinance • u/dequeued • Dec 11 '14
Meta /r/personalfinance is looking for new moderators
Before becoming a default, /r/personalfinance had 173,000 subscribers. Today, six months later, we now have ten times that number: 1,750,000 subscribers. We also have upwards of 200,000 unique visitors every day. There are more posts, more comments, more posts hitting the front page, more everything... every single day.
As a result, we need more moderators.
Moderation can be a thankless task; it is an unpaid position that often comes with downvotes, accusations, and various types of abuse. If that doesn't dissuade you and you want to spend some of your time on a regular basis helping keep this subreddit positive, drama-free, and on-topic, please consider applying.
We are looking for moderators to monitor conduct in the comments (especially on popular posts that reach the front page), help handle the subreddit moderation queue, help add content to the FAQ/Wiki, and help us continue to improve how the subreddit is run.
To volunteer you should:
Have a reddit account that's at least a year old
Have a rich and positive comment history in /r/personalfinance (positive attitude is more important than positive karma)
Spend significant amounts of time on reddit most days
Be able to make objective rule-based decisions and remain calm and polite, all while taking abuse
Be capable of using professional level grammar, capitalization, and punctuation
Enjoy performing mundane moderation tasks
Be able to commit to a minimum moderation activity standard
Have a good understanding of reddit and moderation tools available on reddit
Be prepared to see mature content (18+), extreme abuse, racism and bigotry, and other unpleasant content
Work well independently as well as in a team setting
A major plus: Being based in a timezone outside of the Americas (we're looking for moderators everywhere, but our coverage is lowest during the wee hours in the US)
r/personalfinance • u/PersonalFinanceMods • Jan 05 '16
Meta Results for the 2015 PF 'best of' nominations
Hi everyone. We'd like to announce the winners of the 2015 /r/personalfinance 'best of' awards. Each of the winners will receive a reddit gold 'cReddit'. Congratulations! Also, because we had a few extra to give away, we'll be awarding some honorable mentions.
Reference: 2015 'best of' nominations for /r/PersonalFinance
Best Submitter
Best Overall Commenter
Best Informative Submission
3 Tricks Car Salesmen Use to Take Your Money by /u/charlottechewie
What's Scarier than Halloween? Being Financially Illiterate by /u/aBogleHead
What are the rules of thumb for choosing good 401k funds? by /u/arsvraxia
Best Follow-up
UPDATE I'm 23 years old with 263 dollars to my name and starting today I'm officially homeless.. by /u/simplebasket
UPDATE Gave my 2+ weeks notice yesterday, employer is canceling bonus from my paycheck tomorrow. Is there anything I can do? by /u/Asyndent
Most Inspiring Submission
Two years ago I decided to knuckle up and get in shape financially. by /u/zoorassic
25yo, inherited a $100K Schwab account. Keep it or pay off student loan? by /u/Deeneigh
Most Triumphant
Most Helpful MM Comment
Wild Card (anything that doesn't fit into one of the above categories)
Honorable Mentions
The cost of buying and getting settled into a home by /u/keevenowski for best informative submission
UPDATE Being very poor for 9 months has given me incredible perspective on things. by /u/CanAffordStuffNow for best follow-up
PF Helped me save my dog's life! by /u/Hoplophobia for most inspiring submission
UPDATE 4 1/2 years ago I was 20k in debt, living off food stamps and couldn't even get a secured CC. Then I found /r/personalfinance and you changed everything. Today, my net worth passed 100k by /u/CreditScorePoor for best follow-up
r/personalfinance • u/PersonalFinanceMods • Jan 27 '17
Meta Read this if you have tax questions or are new to /r/personalfinance!
Welcome to /r/personalfinance!
Here, please treat others with respect, stay on-topic, and avoid self-promotion.
TAX STUFF
1. Please check the Taxes wiki page to see if your question is answered there.
2. If that doesn't answer your question, ask on the current "Tax Tuesday" thread or make a new post.
3. Helpful threads:
- Tax Software Megathread
- Need more time to file your taxes or don't have the money?
- If "the IRS" calls you demanding money, it's not the IRS.
- Khan Academy explains US Taxes
- Taxes Withheld versus Actual Tax Burden
EVERYTHING ELSE — CLICK ON ONE OF THESE LINKS FOR GOOD STUFF
Before making a post, please check out some of the great resources that we've provided to answer your questions.
1. NUMBER ONE WIKI PAGE: How to handle $
2. We have age-specific guides!
3. Weekly threads:
r/personalfinance • u/dequeued • Jan 25 '19
Meta If the PF wiki isn't working for you, try using a web browser instead of the Reddit app
Edit: You may also need to hit the Request Desktop Site button if you're using mobile Safari on iOS.
Sorry for the inconvenience folks, but it's out of our control. Here's our report on the issue if you're interested:
Here are some recent PF posts of interest and a link to the wiki itself:
- Tax Filing Software Megathread: A comprehensive list of tax filing resources
- 2018-19 U.S. Federal Government Shutdown Megathread
- 30-Day Challenge #1: Get on top of your credit (January, 2019)
- Personal Finance Wiki
Hopefully, this will be fixed soon! Thanks for your patience.
r/personalfinance • u/ronin722 • Mar 23 '16
Meta FYI: reddit is having an issue with comments in threads
reddit is having an issue where comments might not show up in your thread, but you will get inbox replies. This is a site wide issue, and they are working on a fix. Link voting also appears to be broken.
This started around 2-3 PM PST.
Edit 6:30 PST: It appears comments and voting are working again.
http://www.redditstatus.com/incidents/m9ctdbdvyyqz
Update from admims:
https://www.reddit.com/r/bugs/comments/4bpljq/an_update_on_the_comment_display_issue/
r/personalfinance • u/Sorthum • May 06 '15
Meta San Francisco /r/personalfinance meetup
"You've seen our finances, now come see our faces!"
Late notice, but a few of us are meeting at 7PM this evening in San Francisco, at The Willows.
Let us know if you'll be attending; the group will be under the name "Jack Bogle."