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Reddit mods aren’t chosen by the community. Reddit isn’t even mentioned in the article.
by sedatk 7y ago
Reddit mods aren’t chosen by the community. Reddit isn’t even mentioned in the article.
- barry-cotter 7y agoDo you mean admins? Because mod teams are self-selecting once a subreddit is up and running and if you don’t like a subreddit you can always start your own. People don’t vote for mods but they participate in subreddits they like. In Albert Hirschman’s typology it’s all exit, voice and loyalty are irrelevant.
- Karunamon 7y agoThis ignores network effects. Significant community forks are pretty rare in Reddit's history, and launching a new subreddit is not a trivial thing to do - that goes double since you can expect mods to suppress all mention of the new community since they have absolutely no constraints on their conduct.
- buboard 7y agoit happens though. example is r/libertarian vs r/goldandblack . The new subreddits are smaller because they are usually populated with users "that care", and that's a good thing. It's not like they remain obscure too
- username90 7y agoDoesn't Reddit plant their own mods into important subs? As soon as a sub starts to regularly hit the frontpage it is forced to only accept advertiser friendly content or get blacklisted/banned.
- dehrmann 7y agoA subreddit could choose its own mods, it's up to the original mod abdicating.