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It’s much worse than that. It’s not many people, it’s a very small number that “run” Reddit. 92 of the top 500 subs are controlled by 5 people. [0] Yesterday

It’s much worse than that. It’s not many people, it’s a very small number that “run” Reddit. 92 of the top 500 subs are controlled by 5 people. [0] Yesterday this post was locked, and so many of the comments were removed by mods with no self-aware irony at all - I just checked and saw very few [REMOVED] posts, I think they removed the evidence they removed them - crazy. Check ceddit. Two mods, Cyxie and AwkwardTheTurtle moderate 1196 subreddits. They have more control over content on reddit than Sinclair Media has over news stations. [0] https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/fko21a/92_out_of_the_top_500_subreddits_on_reddit_are/ https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/fko21a/9...

intended 6y ago
This is almost certainly a storm in a teacup. I saw this and went to check - in the few subs i confirmed, they are not top mods. Top mods have the actual power, to assume that they are setting the agenda for every sub by being the 14th mod out of 28, or the 9th and so on is impossible, given how fractious moderating teams can be. Drama is leaking into HN without anyone doing a sanity check on the claims.
- jshevek 6y ago
  >Drama is leaking into HN This is the most important comment on this page. The reasons for this are varied, but it's pretty obvious that cultural changes have occurred on HN during this pandemic.
  - dvtrn 6y ago
    I think they’ve been here for a while, personally.
    - deleted 6y ago
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    - jshevek 6y ago
      The undercurrent has always been there, but the degree of normalization appears to be cycling.
      - dvtrn 6y ago
        what indicators have you found most relevant during these cycles?
- SlowRobotAhead 6y ago
  Except you are not correct. Right now, criticizing any of the “default mods” will get you banned, making any post like the one I referenced will be deleted, Reddit is engaging in censorship like they never have before. Take a look at r/WatchRedditDie/ and tell me how it’s nothing.
  - intended 6y ago
    Because you always get banned for meta drama. That’s not even new. That is also moving the goal posts- exactly the kind of stuff you see on Reddit and not on HN. The point was about the claim- ‘ 5 people “controlling Reddit” ‘ and how it’s been absorbed and discussed without reflection. Not about default mods banning people for meta drama.
Wohlf 6y ago
Seems to be the same as traditional media, there's a limited number of gatekeepers either way.
- SlowRobotAhead 6y ago
  That’s true. Except... wasn’t it the point that “new media” wasn’t to be so heavily... “curated”?
mundo 6y ago
And dang has mod privileges on every single HN thread. Could you spell out exactly why this is supposed to be worrisome, instead of just hinting at it?

intended 6y ago

This is almost certainly a storm in a teacup. I saw this and went to check - in the few subs i confirmed, they are not top mods. Top mods have the actual power, to assume that they are setting the agenda for every sub by being the 14th mod out of 28, or the 9th and so on is impossible, given how fractious moderating teams can be. Drama is leaking into HN without anyone doing a sanity check on the claims.

jshevek 6y ago
>Drama is leaking into HN This is the most important comment on this page. The reasons for this are varied, but it's pretty obvious that cultural changes have occurred on HN during this pandemic.
- dvtrn 6y ago
  I think they’ve been here for a while, personally.
  - deleted 6y ago
    [deleted]
  - jshevek 6y ago
    The undercurrent has always been there, but the degree of normalization appears to be cycling.
    - dvtrn 6y ago
      what indicators have you found most relevant during these cycles?
SlowRobotAhead 6y ago
Except you are not correct. Right now, criticizing any of the “default mods” will get you banned, making any post like the one I referenced will be deleted, Reddit is engaging in censorship like they never have before. Take a look at r/WatchRedditDie/ and tell me how it’s nothing.
- intended 6y ago
  Because you always get banned for meta drama. That’s not even new. That is also moving the goal posts- exactly the kind of stuff you see on Reddit and not on HN. The point was about the claim- ‘ 5 people “controlling Reddit” ‘ and how it’s been absorbed and discussed without reflection. Not about default mods banning people for meta drama.

Wohlf 6y ago

Seems to be the same as traditional media, there's a limited number of gatekeepers either way.

SlowRobotAhead 6y ago
That’s true. Except... wasn’t it the point that “new media” wasn’t to be so heavily... “curated”?

mundo 6y ago

And dang has mod privileges on every single HN thread. Could you spell out exactly why this is supposed to be worrisome, instead of just hinting at it?