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It's not that uncommon. The stadia subreddit mods are all Google employees as well, for example. I agree it's not an ideal setup.

by bla3 7y ago

IntelMiner 7y ago
I seem to recall the "League of Legends" subreddit having a meltdown when its mods were found to be simply compromised by the company, rather than employed by it
- jrockway 7y ago
  Reddit was not happy with the r/Blizzard mods during the blitzchung thing. Redditors are basically never happy with anything. Their ideal world is some place with no rules except that everyone else is forced to read their comments. Unfortunately, such a place does not exist.
  - inapis 7y ago
    Most forums on the internet are like that and it’s not exactly unexpected because people who care about writing something in an Internet forum will also be pedantic about what they want. This forum is no exception (you can pretty much see this in action whenever electron is mentioned) Many people try to reduce complex multi-variate situations into simple variable situations and then lambast people on other forums if their chosen variable turns out to be different. I just saw an example of this last week in mobilereads forum. Unhappy with iBooks and the kindle apps I’ve been reliant on Marvin for quite a time. But the dev has vanished from the scene for last 2 years. I just investigated if creating a commercial replacement would be a good idea but good god, the one forum where people have been talking about Marvin can have extremely ultra specific needs for a very unreasonable price expectation. After reading that forum I’m not exactly surprised that the dev chose to abandon the goal post.
criddell 7y ago
I don't really have a problem with it when anybody can create /r/stadia2 and do a better job.
slenk 7y ago
It's technically against the Reddiquette: Please Don't ... Take moderation positions in a community where your profession, employment, or biases could pose a direct conflict of interest to the neutral and user driven nature of reddit. https://www.reddit.com/wiki/reddiquette https://www.reddit.com/wiki/reddiquette
- tinodotim 7y ago
  Something to add though, it's informal. > Reddiquette is an informal expression of the values of many redditors, as written by redditors themselve But I guess it makes sense for Reddit to move away from that rule. That's how you get big campaigns with companies like Adobe. Not by taking away their sub-reddits. Personally I think I even prefer that though. Better than having heavily biased "community moderators", which is the case in way too many sub-reddits.

It's not that uncommon. The stadia subreddit mods are all Google employees as well, for example. I agree it's not an ideal setup.

by bla3 7y ago

It's not that uncommon. The stadia subreddit mods are all Google employees as well, for example. I agree it's not an ideal setup.

IntelMiner 7y ago

I seem to recall the "League of Legends" subreddit having a meltdown when its mods were found to be simply compromised by the company, rather than employed by it

jrockway 7y ago
Reddit was not happy with the r/Blizzard mods during the blitzchung thing. Redditors are basically never happy with anything. Their ideal world is some place with no rules except that everyone else is forced to read their comments. Unfortunately, such a place does not exist.
- inapis 7y ago
  Most forums on the internet are like that and it’s not exactly unexpected because people who care about writing something in an Internet forum will also be pedantic about what they want. This forum is no exception (you can pretty much see this in action whenever electron is mentioned) Many people try to reduce complex multi-variate situations into simple variable situations and then lambast people on other forums if their chosen variable turns out to be different. I just saw an example of this last week in mobilereads forum. Unhappy with iBooks and the kindle apps I’ve been reliant on Marvin for quite a time. But the dev has vanished from the scene for last 2 years. I just investigated if creating a commercial replacement would be a good idea but good god, the one forum where people have been talking about Marvin can have extremely ultra specific needs for a very unreasonable price expectation. After reading that forum I’m not exactly surprised that the dev chose to abandon the goal post.

criddell 7y ago

I don't really have a problem with it when anybody can create /r/stadia2 and do a better job.

slenk 7y ago

It's technically against the Reddiquette: Please Don't ... Take moderation positions in a community where your profession, employment, or biases could pose a direct conflict of interest to the neutral and user driven nature of reddit. https://www.reddit.com/wiki/reddiquette https://www.reddit.com/wiki/reddiquette

tinodotim 7y ago
Something to add though, it's informal. > Reddiquette is an informal expression of the values of many redditors, as written by redditors themselve But I guess it makes sense for Reddit to move away from that rule. That's how you get big campaigns with companies like Adobe. Not by taking away their sub-reddits. Personally I think I even prefer that though. Better than having heavily biased "community moderators", which is the case in way too many sub-reddits.