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One of those mods is a moderator over 240 subs (I didn’t look at the other 4). How in the world can anyone have time for that? That is beyond a full time job.

One of those mods is a moderator over 240 subs (I didn’t look at the other 4). How in the world can anyone have time for that? That is beyond a full time job. Is there a way to see a list of moderators and how many subs they moderate? Who moderates the most subs?

johnchristopher 7y ago
Haven't read the article and I am not an avid Reddit user (just regularly frequents and posts every month in a sub dedicated to a boxing manga, anyway...) but I wonder: if the activity brings in money, wouldn't they just outsource it while keeping the keys ?
axqa10 7y ago
Perhaps it is a group of people with a full time job? Manipulating opinion is important these days. Mailing lists and Usenet were free, most web forums are subtly (or overtly) censored.
- enumjorge 7y ago
  I see this opinion often yet people who share it don’t explain how exactly a complete lack of censorship is supposed to ward against manipulation. It also ignores the flip side where a lack of moderation can help misinformation to spread faster than it would otherwise.
  - Craighead 7y ago
    Mostly because that opinion is founded on a misunderstanding of reality. Opinions have always been manipulated. The implication that usenet or irc or mailing lists are somehow "clean" of manipulation is obviously false.
  - 34679 7y ago
    Actual employees of reddit can investigate and remove mods who act outside of guidelines, but they don't.
  - xqaqx 7y ago
    The traditional solution for this on mailing lists and Usenet was to tell the misinformation spreader in no uncertain terms that he is an idiot. There was a reason for the tone back then and it worked. Flames however are also censored nowadays, since it is essential for the people in power to maintain polite meaningless conversation that will never lead to any actions.
  - nickalaso 7y ago
    Misinformation is different from censorship. I would personally rather have to sort through misinfo myself, rather than run the risk of having truthful information hidden from me.
    - CathedralBorrow 7y ago
      Couldn't these two situations be viewed as the same thing? You can hide information just as well by surrounding it with misinformation.
chaos_a 7y ago
Gallowboob has it as a fulltime job, I believe he gets paid to run a few facebook pages. He gets onto mod lists saying that he'll deal with any comments that say anything against him.

johnchristopher 7y ago

Haven't read the article and I am not an avid Reddit user (just regularly frequents and posts every month in a sub dedicated to a boxing manga, anyway...) but I wonder: if the activity brings in money, wouldn't they just outsource it while keeping the keys ?

axqa10 7y ago

Perhaps it is a group of people with a full time job? Manipulating opinion is important these days. Mailing lists and Usenet were free, most web forums are subtly (or overtly) censored.

enumjorge 7y ago
I see this opinion often yet people who share it don’t explain how exactly a complete lack of censorship is supposed to ward against manipulation. It also ignores the flip side where a lack of moderation can help misinformation to spread faster than it would otherwise.
- Craighead 7y ago
  Mostly because that opinion is founded on a misunderstanding of reality. Opinions have always been manipulated. The implication that usenet or irc or mailing lists are somehow "clean" of manipulation is obviously false.
- 34679 7y ago
  Actual employees of reddit can investigate and remove mods who act outside of guidelines, but they don't.
- xqaqx 7y ago
  The traditional solution for this on mailing lists and Usenet was to tell the misinformation spreader in no uncertain terms that he is an idiot. There was a reason for the tone back then and it worked. Flames however are also censored nowadays, since it is essential for the people in power to maintain polite meaningless conversation that will never lead to any actions.
- nickalaso 7y ago
  Misinformation is different from censorship. I would personally rather have to sort through misinfo myself, rather than run the risk of having truthful information hidden from me.
  - CathedralBorrow 7y ago
    Couldn't these two situations be viewed as the same thing? You can hide information just as well by surrounding it with misinformation.

chaos_a 7y ago

Gallowboob has it as a fulltime job, I believe he gets paid to run a few facebook pages. He gets onto mod lists saying that he'll deal with any comments that say anything against him.