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It's controversial because people are now wondering if money is involved. Getting mod control of that number of subreddits doesn't come about for being dilligen
by s_dev 6y ago
It's controversial because people are now wondering if money is involved. Getting mod control of that number of subreddits doesn't come about for being dilligent and helpful.
- koheripbal 6y agoThis only shows us the ones that are blatantly using the same account. There are mods that are smart enough to have different accounts for each sub - so that only Reddit admins would be able to tell that they are the same person. ...but the reality is that those Reddit admins are also some of those "power mods". I once have a conversation with a mod, who admitted that he was an admin as well - I wish I had saved the exchange.
- drevil-v2 6y agoI think it is vastly more insidious than just greed. I think it is about controlling the zeitgeist. Propagation of authorised memes.
- blaser-waffle 6y agoI believe that was an explicit conceit of the site: they're not making money via ads or "gold", they're shaping perceptions.
- camccar 6y agoChina money maybe. They push anti US hate all day everyday
- Shivetya 6y agoMore people should be concerned how well the political related subs are pretty much PAC managed at this point. This is from a relative who receives what she laughs as her marching orders about what to up/down etc though reddit is not the only site on their list. people seem to forget how easy manipulation of information is and sites with voting mechanisms are the easiest of all to manipulate especially those where you can silence with relative ease.
- intended 6y agoIts controversial because people are applying 0 reflection or analysis. Everyone took a HEADLINE, with a single table as their proof! Even here on HN. This is the WORST of content I had to deal with - a virus that forces a decision just by glancing at it. How are these mods in "control", they aren't even top mods. How are they "controlling" reddit? None of that is explained, none of that is proved. The person posting it was spamming the content all over the place and seems to be driving drama. And people swallowed this? Hook line and sinker? Discussion here is sans reflection of the facts?
- korv 6y agoYeah, what? I looked at the top 5 subreddits in the table, where it looks like a single person is controlling them. They have 145 distinct mods. Controlling reddit? lol