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I want to be a part of it for the community. Moderators are the (un)necessary evil. The fact that you seem to see moderators as "owners" of a subreddit doesn't

• eppp 4y ago
  Who created the subreddits if not the moderators?
  • bheadmaster 4y ago
    The programmers who wrote Reddit, and the community. A subreddit is nothing without a community, so the fact that a moderator namesquatted a URL doesn't mean he "owns" anything, only that he has the power - the power to moderate it. Which, in my opinion, goes with the responsibility of upholding publicly stated rules and enforcing them in a fair manner. Unfortunately, many of them start thinking, like you, that the power to moderate means they are the supreme authority and that the subreddit is about them - so they behave accordingly, feeding their ego at the expense of a community. Of course, if you believe the power itself gives them ownership over a community, that's fine. It's just that I don't.