The way Reddit administration interacts with moderators is, charitably, an opportunity for improvement. For most subs, it's where you escalate issues with spam

The way Reddit administration interacts with moderators is, charitably, an opportunity for improvement. For most subs, it's where you escalate issues with spam or abusive behavior to when you can't resolve it yourself. Then you may or may not get a response in a reasonable timeframe - who the hell knows? Sometimes you get handed changes in policy or tools. Sometimes you even get advance notice, but not always. You're expected to adhere to and enforce policies, but not always given good guidance on what that means or how to do it. They're otherwise mostly hands-off, letting you manage daily affairs yourself. If you're a popular sub, Reddit administration will tend to meddle whenever it's convenient for them. They generally won't warn you or discuss it with you. They'll just do things as they see fit. The net result is that unpaid moderators do the vast majority of the work to maintain communities, but admins have arbitrary power over everything. They're hard to reach for help, and often seem apathetic about your concerns. I can only imagine that this must be what it felt like to worship the Greek pantheon.