If Reddit had the moderators that HN had (and the proportional quantity), there simply would be no problem. HN mods are a group of people selected specifically

If Reddit had the moderators that HN had (and the proportional quantity), there simply would be no problem. HN mods are a group of people selected specifically for the task of moderation. They were appointed. But Reddit doesn't have those kinds of moderators, because the moderation system is alarmingly broken on Reddit. The folks who moderate the various reddits are there by no virtue other than the fact that they were either there first, or have some relationship to the person who was there first. It keeps sounding like there's a crisis of identity happening over at Reddit HQ, and I really hope they come out the other side of it with an understanding of how damaging moderators have been to the website, as currently implemented.