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> You know how the mods are always saying "you promised us this feature a year ago, and it's still not here!" You know why? Because the team was constantly draw
by my_ghola 10y ago
> You know how the mods are always saying "you promised us this feature a year ago, and it's still not here!" You know why? Because the team was constantly drawn into having to police drama and blow-ups
> when actually, the admins would just like y'all to shut up so they can write some features to make the site better
Why did they have admins coding or coders admin'ing? Those should be different people.
- minimaxir 10y agoAdmins in this case is slang for Reddit employees.
- timjver 10y agoThe point still stands. Coders shouldn't have to deal with that.
- bmm6o 10y agoThat's the same thing that struck me. I think you end up in that position when you don't want to hire community administrators, you'd rather deputize your users. But until you build them the tools they need to do their jobs, you have to do it yourself. And if all you have is coders...