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This article acts as if Doreen and other antiwork mods were just sad passengers as these events happened to them. Does the author know and understand that subr
by parkingrift 5y ago
This article acts as if Doreen and other antiwork mods were just sad passengers as these events happened to them. Does the author know and understand that subreddit moderators have absolute authority?
If the mods of antiwork wanted to have a sub for anarchism they could have, should have, and still can forcefully define the rules. Ban people, posts, and content that don't fit their anarchist goals.
...but if the mods of antiwork want to have a wildly popular sub, they can't do that. The mods made their choice, and they chose popularity over ideology. To call that a "tragedy", "sanewashing", or "social gentrification" is pretty disingenuous and revisionist.
However, it's not too late. If the mods really truly want an anarchist sub they can go ahead and start enforcing content rules. Today. Right now. The sub will slowly die away, but they can have the community they want.