I think it's unfortunate that reddit chose the term moderator, because it implies an impartiality that you're not going to get from what is effectively the "own

I think it's unfortunate that reddit chose the term moderator, because it implies an impartiality that you're not going to get from what is effectively the "owner" of a community. These are just folks who either showed up early, or demonstrated they thought about the issue the same way as the person who started the reddit thought.