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reddit moderators have an unbelievably inflated sense of their worth, which is why they thought this blackout was going to accomplish anything in the first plac

reddit moderators have an unbelievably inflated sense of their worth, which is why they thought this blackout was going to accomplish anything in the first place. I assure you, there is a line around the block of people clamoring to become mods. There's a reason its nigh impossible to become a mod of a big sub, the people that are doing it really like doing it and dont want more people joining to dilute their share of the power.

Plasmoid2000ad 3y ago
But many subreddits took a vote before taking action, so it's not like the moderators did this out of the blue. The subreddit model seems to me to work as a combination of moderators setting and enforcing some rules, users submitting content (hopefully good) and users upvoting and commenting on content. If the mods are wrong on all of this, then the users who voted to blackout either weren't contributing much or will back down and things will go back to business as usual. But it's also possible that replacing the mods will just lead to many of the users who voted to blackout taking further action. A subreddit without content or with protesting users posting spam isn't fixed by adding more mods.
PepperdineG 3y ago
>reddit moderators have an unbelievably inflated sense of their worth If moderators were inconsequential Reddit wouldn't be trying to hire and fire them. >I assure you, there is a line around the block of people clamoring to become mods. The willingness of others to do the same work doesn't make what someone does inconsequential. Would you say an NBA player is inconsequential because you could find a million people who would like to play in the NBA? Obviously being a Redditor moderator and being an NBA player are two different things but by how you are valuing based on willingness to replace, an NBA player would be more inconsequential than a Reddit moderator.
- anthonypasq 3y ago
  this comment is so incoherent i dont even know where to start.
wccrawford 3y ago
I think it's likely that at least some of the reason they don't add more mods is that it's hard to find and vet good mods, so there's an element of risk in adding more mods.
- throw16180339 3y ago
  It's not easy to find good people, even in a large subreddit. Here's a concrete example - (https://www.reddit.com/r/ModSupport/comments/14a5lz5/mod_code_of_conduct_rule_4_2_and_subs_taken/joad04a/ https://www.reddit.com/r/ModSupport/comments/14a5lz5/mod_cod...). They have 243k users and got 14 candidates, two of whom are suitable.

Plasmoid2000ad 3y ago

But many subreddits took a vote before taking action, so it's not like the moderators did this out of the blue. The subreddit model seems to me to work as a combination of moderators setting and enforcing some rules, users submitting content (hopefully good) and users upvoting and commenting on content. If the mods are wrong on all of this, then the users who voted to blackout either weren't contributing much or will back down and things will go back to business as usual. But it's also possible that replacing the mods will just lead to many of the users who voted to blackout taking further action. A subreddit without content or with protesting users posting spam isn't fixed by adding more mods.

PepperdineG 3y ago

>reddit moderators have an unbelievably inflated sense of their worth If moderators were inconsequential Reddit wouldn't be trying to hire and fire them. >I assure you, there is a line around the block of people clamoring to become mods. The willingness of others to do the same work doesn't make what someone does inconsequential. Would you say an NBA player is inconsequential because you could find a million people who would like to play in the NBA? Obviously being a Redditor moderator and being an NBA player are two different things but by how you are valuing based on willingness to replace, an NBA player would be more inconsequential than a Reddit moderator.

anthonypasq 3y ago
this comment is so incoherent i dont even know where to start.

wccrawford 3y ago

I think it's likely that at least some of the reason they don't add more mods is that it's hard to find and vet good mods, so there's an element of risk in adding more mods.

throw16180339 3y ago
It's not easy to find good people, even in a large subreddit. Here's a concrete example - (https://www.reddit.com/r/ModSupport/comments/14a5lz5/mod_code_of_conduct_rule_4_2_and_subs_taken/joad04a/ https://www.reddit.com/r/ModSupport/comments/14a5lz5/mod_cod...). They have 243k users and got 14 candidates, two of whom are suitable.