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One of the most interesting things about Reddit is how they’ve managed to grow Reddit, Inc to a few thousand employees, but everyone still refers to the company
by jlmorton 4y ago
One of the most interesting things about Reddit is how they’ve managed to grow Reddit, Inc to a few thousand employees, but everyone still refers to the company as “the admins,” as if it’s a rag tag community group, not a Twitter-sized company.
- gonzo41 4y agoWell every subreddit is run by a small group of despots. So I would expect that's who they are talking about in a sense.
- Eisenstein 4y agoNo, the 'admins' are people who work for reddit. 'Mods' are people who volunteer to work for reddit (the 'despots'). By the way, you should try modding a moderately large sub and see what you have to deal with. It is always easy to criticize until you are one having to do the work.
- gonzo41 4y agoI don't think people make that distinction in their lived felt experience. Mods == Reddit.
- msrenee 4y agoUnless it's changed completely since I bolted from there a couple years ago, they absolutely do. Anyone who had been using the site for more than a few weeks generally understood the difference.
- TheHappyOddish 4y agoThat sites been eternal Septembered multiple times, to the point it's almost entirely unrecognisable. Reddiquitte isn't even a thing anymore, they now have "policies" and "codes of conduct". I wouldn't be shocked if the meta has changed to call anyone with powers "admins" now.
- Eisenstein 4y agoIt hasn't, but then again reddit is huge, and it is easy to wall yourself off from most of it if you try hard enough, which I have.