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One of the major issues not often discussed is the "powermods", or the small subset of users who are the moderators of a huge number of subreddits. They can and
by xtreme 8y ago
One of the major issues not often discussed is the "powermods", or the small subset of users who are the moderators of a huge number of subreddits. They can and often do enforce their biases on multiple unrelated communities. Reddit's moderators selection process ensures that they cannot be replaced even if a majority of the community don't support them without creating a brand new subreddit.
- Big_crimpin 8y agoI have a major issue with this too. I posted an idea for the admins to counter this type of thing by allowing users if they wish to, to blacklist mods so that a user can still view content that those mods have removed without having any effect on users who don't blacklist those mods. It went as we'll as I expected it probably would have. https://www.reddit.com/r/ideasfortheadmins/comments/8mrqyh/allow_users_to_blacklist_individual_mods_and/ https://www.reddit.com/r/ideasfortheadmins/comments/8mrqyh/a... I don't know if I went about it the wrong way but I felt I had well reasoned responses but the few replies I got were weak, and the votes indicate that mods don't want to even think about losing any power or being undermined. A sort of I'm right, you're wrong mentality - the kind that my idea would combat.
- baud147258 8y agoYour idea seemed interesting, but I think "blacklist" is too strong a term. Perhaps "hide mod action" would have gone better.
- baud147258 8y agoOr "ignore mod action"