A lot of subs on reddit really did get destroyed by its free time moderators. And it is mostly the "powermods" that have some form of addiction to be the arbite

A lot of subs on reddit really did get destroyed by its free time moderators. And it is mostly the "powermods" that have some form of addiction to be the arbiter of truth, not the ones that just lead an enthusiast or topic centric subs. Those are still mostly fine. There are similar cases for mastodon instances and it really did repel many users. But there are still open and interesting ones. Not ones where you see celebrities posting, but that isn't the focus of everyone. They will remain niche because exposure of communities is minimal on other places. Maybe that isn't a bad thing. In contrast to media propaganda, that it is hate that drives users away, in my case it is the paternalistic and childish content moderation. If everything is safe, everything is boring. I hope Bluesky is more tolerant here, but I fear its discovery just forms information silos as well. Time will tell. Until then it probably is an improvement that we get more distinct platforms. Some use these sites for networking. For me it is purely entertainment.