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I'm pretty sure the competition aspect has nothing to do with it. The moderators are unpaid volunteers, and Conde Naste has historically been incredibly hands o
by zacharycohn 13y ago
I'm pretty sure the competition aspect has nothing to do with it. The moderators are unpaid volunteers, and Conde Naste has historically been incredibly hands off.
- diogenescynic 13y agoThe way the moderators leverage their position is by blocking content, not promoting it. If you hang around Reddit for long enough you'll see the moderators are the weakpoint as they can arbitrarily remove a story that most users are engaging in and make up an arbirary reason for it. There should be some kind of process the moderators have to go through or at least be voted in.
- zacharycohn 13y agoThat is true if you want to maintain the direction the subreddit is going. But democracy doesn't work when the masses don't know what's best for them. I believe that nevitably, without strong leadership, a subreddit (or insert any other internet community) will fall to image macros, memes, and internet raging. And that's because the masses upvote that content. But maybe an appointed moderator is what the subreddit needs, even if that mod isn't what it deserves.