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Part of me knows that there are scores of users waiting for their 'turn' to be moderators if the current ones are voted out. I don't think the current moderator
by lagniappe 3y ago
Part of me knows that there are scores of users waiting for their 'turn' to be moderators if the current ones are voted out. I don't think the current moderators see/acknowledge this.
- brainwave92 3y agoYeah exactly this
- dathinab 3y agoalso most of them would at least one of 1. not stay moderators a long time, while a lot of people want to be mods most severely underestimate how time intensive it can be 2. want to be mods to abuse the power 3. would be quite bad at the job 4. would continue the protests sooner or later, because they do agree with the current mods on this point (but not other points so they take advantage of it) All of which would drive users and high quality content away long term. Not saying that there hasn't always been a lot of drama and power struggles around mods in reddit and that there aren't already bad mods and that this would be true for all new mods. Still in my experience while there are always scores of users who want to be mods you really don't want to give mod powers to the huge majority of them and doing so is a grate way to destroy your community.
- flutas 3y agoI think they know it. I think what they are betting on is those new mods will be completely inept compared to experienced ones and it will lead to the site becoming worse overall.