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>About the same time, Reddit placed r/The_Donald in "Restricted mode", removing the ability to create new posts from most of its users. I think this is wrong,
by belltaco 6y ago
>About the same time, Reddit placed r/The_Donald in "Restricted mode", removing the ability to create new posts from most of its users.
I think this is wrong, IIRC it was the mods who chose to do that, not Reddit admins. The mods wouldn't choose other mods even though the rules made sense, like having a certain karma threshold in t_d etc.
- ww520 6y agoThe mods were put in place by the admins so effectively it's Reddit doing it.
- belltaco 6y agoNo, those mods weren't put in place by Reddit, they were hired a while ago by the top mods, some of who got banned thus making those the top mods. Reddit admins added zero mods to the t_d.
- ww520 6y agoNo. The lower level mods were forced in by the Reddit admin a while back. There were warnings about these sock mods long ago. The subsequent banning of the top mods effectively put these sock mods in control.
- belltaco 6y agoI don't think that was the case but I am open to sources.
- ww520 6y agoI am also open to the sources that the low level mods were "hired" by the top mods.
- belltaco 6y agoThat's the default of how it works on Reddit. https://mods.reddithelp.com/hc/en-us/articles/360004273892-Moderators-and-Permissions-on-mobile#:~:text=To%20invite%20a%20new%20mod,click%20the%20%22add%22%20button https://mods.reddithelp.com/hc/en-us/articles/360004273892-M.... You made the claim that the admins added mods, what made you think so?
- ww520 6y agoThat link doesn't say anything about hiring, and doesn't have any evidence on the top mods paid to "hired" the lower level mods. As for the sleeper mods being added by force, there were definitely warnings about them before, but then the whole sub is wiped out now. Very convenient to get rid of all the evidence.
- belltaco 6y agoThere were no mods added by force by the admins.