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Who created the subreddits if not the moderators?
by eppp 3y ago
Who created the subreddits if not the moderators?
- bheadmaster 3y agoThe 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.