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Mod Announcement r/lego Monthly Open Forum and Transparency Report for October 2026

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Introduction

Hello Masters Builders, and welcome to the official r/lego Open Forum post. This is your opportunity to tell us what you think of r/lego, make suggestions or comments about the rules, ask open questions about the community, or share whatever else is on your mind.

Note that this post is for discussion of r/lego itself. If you have a general question about something related to Lego, make a post instead of asking here.

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IMPORTANT

All subreddit rules are still in effect here. Remember that we do not allow insults, name calling or personal attacks. If you've got a complaint or want to tell us you hate something, you need to do it without attacking anyone.

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Rule Changes

There are no permanent rule changes to report this month.

This month, we once again have a Megathread for the lastest wave of the Bricklink Designer Program. If any creators want to promote their entries, they may do that in the megathread. Posts about BDP outside of the megathread will be removed.

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Subreddit Transparency Report

Reddit supplies Moderators with a monthly Community Digest, summarizing subreddit moderation activities. We are making the information available to the community, as an exercise in public transparency.

Each month, we will be posting a transparency report that shows what goes on behind the scenes of r/lego. Below you will find the report for activity in September 2026. You can give general feedback and post questions about the report in the comments of this post, or in modmail.

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Monthly Activity for Sep 1 - Sep 30 2026

Posts published: 3,900 (504 decrease)
Posts removed by Mods: 2,100 (165 decrease)
Comment published: 56,100 (3,600 decrease)
Comments removed by Mods: 14,700 (740 decrease)
Moderators removed 35.0% of post submissions and 20.8% of comment submissions.

Community Member Reports

Posts - 832 reports

Posts containing non-LEGO content were the source of 30% of Member reports.
Various Custom Report reasons were 19% of reports.
Spam posts accounted for 13% of Member reports.
Megathread Topics posted outside of a Megathread were 6% of Member reports.
All other report categories each received 5% or fewer reports.

Comments - 274 reports

Uncivil comments were 24% of the reported comments.
Spam comments were 26% of community reports.
Comments with Hate Speech or Harassment represented 22% of reports.
Custom reports were 12% of the reported comments.
All other report categories each received 3% or fewer reports.

Community Growth Report

13,100,000 views
172,000 average daily unique visitors
692,000 weekly visitors

September Bans: 69 (nice)

37 for Spam, 20 for Uncivil, 5 for Community Interference, 2 for Hate Speech, 2 for Sales, 1 for Evading Rule Filters, 1 for Posting Leaked Images, 1 for Ban Evasion

We will answer general questions about this report in the comments. Questions about specific moderation actions or moderators should be sent to Mod Mail instead.

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Prior Month link

If you missed the previous Open Forum and Transparency Report, you can find it here:

(r/lego Monthly Open Forum and Transparency Report for Summer 2026)

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It's October already!

SpOOky season has begun! Or as some Lego fans like to call it, "MOCtober" is here. This is my favorite time of year to build, because it means getting out the Halloween sets and starting those pre-build plans for the Winter Village. Autumn is also a great time to attend Lego shows, so check out your local Lego Groups to see if they are participating in a Convention, Festival or Hobby Show nearby.

Let us know what's on your mind this month. What have you always wondered about? What rule do you want clarified, or changed? Do you have any suggestions you've been trying to find a chance to make? I won't promise that we will make the change(s) you want, but I will commit to explaining the reason we have the rules and policies we have.