I despise u_spez but he is cunning. Not only he has a deep knowledge and understanding of reddit moderators (he can easily read all their chat and DM after all)

I despise u_spez but he is cunning. Not only he has a deep knowledge and understanding of reddit moderators (he can easily read all their chat and DM after all), but he quelled their rebellion not even by threatening them with a ban, but simply giving moderation rights to somebody else and the large sub moderators immediately caved at the perspective of losing the power the wield.