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I would totally agree. So many of them just seem to be on a power trip and moderate based on their mood. Its sad because its really killed reddit for a lot of

• dageshi 4y ago
  My guess is, being a mod means you see patterns and you know when something is going to descend into a shitstorm because you've seen similar comments descent into a shitstorm before. So eventually mods kill comments not because they particularly dislike them but because they can't be bothered with dealing with the inevitable shit to come.
  • ilyt 4y ago
    Right but at that point you're not doing your job and should leave. And also some mods think it's their job to delete stuff that was self-moderated by downvotes anyway which is just silly in the first place.
    • dageshi 4y ago
      It's not a job. It's a hobby at best. The people who do it don't have to care about your free speech, nobody has to care about your free speech other than the government.
      • johnnyanmac 4y ago
        They treat it like a job. Regardless, I think when you tire of something that's not critical to your livelihood you should step down. But if that happened, powermods wouldn't be a thing. >The people who do it don't have to care about your free speech No, but I don't have to care about the bog swamp of discourse you moderate just because "we have 1 million subs". Well great, everyone is angry and nuance is talked down. I don't want that to be the place. But if keeping your mod power is more important than, well, moderating your community, you reap what you sow.