u/RW63

This post is open to any links or discussion pertinent to The New York Times, the newspaper, its site, features, web services, staff, newsletters and management. The post will be refreshed from time to time. Rules of civil discussion apply. Violating comments will be removed and subject to mod discretion, offenders could be banned.

It will take me a while to fully familiarize myself with how the sub has been administered and to adjust the AutoMod settings. In the meantime and for the foreseeable future, posts will be limited to only link posts. Other discussions and (on-topic) links to other sites should go into one of the megathreads.

I am sure it will be bumpy here in the beginning as I go through the controls. Please don't test me and please bear with me. Within a week or so, it should all be on an even keel.

Edit: I am inheriting a mod queue with 1033 entries. My plan is to not approve posts and comments that were sequestered by the Automod more than two weeks ago and any reported posts, by either the community or the Automod, which were published under the rules that were in place at the time will be approved. This is just to clear my queue and I take no responsibility for anything that occurred prior to February 3rd, 2026.

Update: In case it wasn't clear, I was being literal when I said, "give me a few hours". The sub is open and ready for link posts to NYTimes content as described in one of the stickies.

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Original post:

r/NYTimes has been a restricted sub for a few months, but will be reopening soon with a new moderator.

Please give me a few hours to glance at the AutoMod settings and to learn how the flaired commenter restrictions are managed. I may also start tweaking the rules and flairs a bit before opening the floodgates.

My intention is for this to be a space to comment on New York Times articles, including those that were never open for comments or on which comments have been closed. This will also be a place to comment on the newspaper, news site, staff, features, design and management. The goal will be to have constructive and positive conversations, not unceasing negativity or arguments for argument's sake.

In the meantime, if anyone has any thoughts or anything they would like to be done differently, please let me know in the comments. I know something that has tripped me up in the past was the 150-character requirement. I am sure there was a reason the previous mod put it in place, but that's one that will probably disappear or be reduced.

Again, give me a few hours to get a handle on things. I have been petitioning to get this space reopened for so long, I'm just happy it is happening and wanted to let everyone know.

Edited to Add: The mod queue has 1033 entries. Most of the comments may have been sequestered by the AutoMod, but a lot of the reports regarding more recent posts are clearly unfounded -- headline does match; post is not spam; a properly titled/linked post is not hate speech. It will be easiest to just declare today, Day One.