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Based on a quick google search, only .004% of Reddit users are mods. I find it difficult to believe that reddit will have a hard time finding competent mods wit
by marcusverus 3y ago
Based on a quick google search, only .004% of Reddit users are mods. I find it difficult to believe that reddit will have a hard time finding competent mods within the remaining 99.996% of its userbase.
- munificent 3y agoCounter-argument: 99.996% of Reddit users apparently don't want to be moderators or they already would be, so finding more will be very hard.
- jdminhbg 3y agoI really don't think that's the case. If you want to mod r/politics, you don't just raise your hand and then get mod powers. Moderators are a closed group.
- munificent 3y agoYou can create your own subreddit and be the sole moderator of it in about sixty seconds of effort.
- jdminhbg 3y agoSure. But that doesn't really have any bearing on whether Reddit can find volunteers to take over big subs.
- lcnPylGDnU4H9OF 3y agoThis sounds distinctly different from one raising their proverbial hand to gain moderator powers on one of the most popular subreddits on the site. How many non-moderator users don't care about moderating a subreddit with 1 user but do care about moderating a subreddit with 1M users?
- munificent 3y agoIf someone wouldn't be willing to start and grow their own subreddit, should they really be entrusted with the keys to a big one?
- HKH2 3y ago> Counter-argument: 99.996% of Reddit users apparently don't want to be moderators or they already would be, so finding more will be very hard. That was what you said before.
- mcguire 3y agoWhat is the process for starting a new subreddit?
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- munificent 3y agoYou click the "Create Your own Subreddit" button and fill out a few fields.
- Havoc 3y ago>I find it difficult to believe that reddit will have a hard time finding competent mods within the remaining 99.996% of its userbase. Competent - many I'm sure. Damn near anyone that has supervised people in just about any context is probably overqualified. Competent and willing to put in hours of unpaid work dealing with crazy people and drama and bickering and spam deletion...less so.