There's a surprising (and concerning) amount of Xbox employees moderating this subreddit.

If any mods of this sub are being compensated in any way by a 3rd party (Xbox, Microsoft etc) for moderation actions performed in this sub, that's against Reddit's moderator code of conduct. At least 5 of the mods of this sub are directly employed by Xbox or Microsoft, which is fine, but if there's any compensation from those 3rd parties for operating this sub, that's against the rules. The appearance of conflicting interests is a widespread problem across all of reddit, so I hope this is not the case here.

https://redditinc.com/policies/moderator-code-of-conduct

Rule 5: Moderate with Integrity

Users expect that content in communities is authentic, and trust that moderators make choices about content based on community and sitewide rules.

In order to maintain that trust, moderators are prohibited from taking moderation actions (including actions taken using mod tools, bots, and other services) in exchange for any form of compensation, consideration, gift, or favor from or on behalf of third parties.

Some examples of moderator actions include, but are not limited to:

-Banning or unbanning users

-Granting approved user status

-Removing or approving content

-Edits to sidebars, widget, wikis, or other styling

-Granting flairs

-Granting approved submitter status or access to post in a subreddit

-Creating “ad space” in a community, such as offering to pin posts for a fee or offering to use subreddit styling to advertise for a third party

-Sending moderator invites or transferring ownership of a subreddit

Some examples of compensation include, but are not limited to:

-Financial goods and/or services (e.g., cash payments, NFTs, stocks, gift cards)

-Purchasable Reddit goods and/or services (e.g., Premium, Gold, Collectible Avatars)

-Physical goods and/or services (e.g., merchandise, sponsored trips, requested items)

-Considerations and/or favors (e.g., special mentions from a company, promises of incentivized treatment)

-Personal services or access to content (e.g., subscriptions, exclusive content)

Events and engagements with third parties, activity in your subreddit from a brand or company, or employees of a company starting and/or maintaining a subreddit are allowed, so long as no compensation is received.

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