> Reddit has been moderated the entire time, at a per-community level. It was never a free-for-all. Sure, but the moderation team members have dramatically shi

> Reddit has been moderated the entire time, at a per-community level. It was never a free-for-all. Sure, but the moderation team members have dramatically shifted from (and I’m being glib here) “kinda cringey atheist libertarians” to “authoritarian left/liberals steeped in idpol”. The “Reddit moderator” cohort whiplashed from one extreme on the political compass to its polar opposite extreme in only a few years. Not claiming anything conspiratorial since I can certainly imagine how it could happen organically, but it’s interesting nonetheless how much of an effect different moderation standards can have on large online communities.