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That's a narrative that spez is actively pushing, but it's pretty far from the truth. I wasn't a mod, but I deleted my 17-year-old account (and 17,000 comments)
by gAI 3y ago
That's a narrative that spez is actively pushing, but it's pretty far from the truth. I wasn't a mod, but I deleted my 17-year-old account (and 17,000 comments) and refuse to even lurk there now. I saw several older accounts do the same or plan to on the 1st.
- tjpnz 3y agoI don't care for spez but aside from some mod churn there hasn't been any discernable difference in the subs I follow.
- frumper 3y agoPersonal anecdote here. None of the few Reddit users I know have a single good thing to say about mods.
- tjpnz 3y agoI've had a few decidedly negative interactions with them. Perhaps I just got unlucky but it always felt as though they were on some kind of power trip. I'm hopeful the silver lining here will be that some of them leave.
- lotsoweiners 3y agoI’ve had a few also. I was banned forever from one sub a few years ago for suggesting something like “sail the high seas” or “yarr”.
- gAI 3y agoFull disclosure, I created and modded /r/joker for a while before giving the sub away and demodding myself. I was only ever banned from /r/latestagecapitalism and /r/conservative. I found the contrast funny. Anyway, being a mod is a pain and a pretty thankless job. The people who continue to do it either do it out of a love for the sub or as an ego boost. And reddit is often actively hostile towards any attempt to monetize (like including sponsored links in the sidebar, for instance). So I mostly just bailed on a sub if the mods got too toxic, but I have absolutely nothing against mods on the whole. Without them, reddit would have been even more chaotic than it was. Something like 5% of redditors contribute 99% of the content, and those are the 5% that are leaving.