• HobbitFoot @thelemmy.club
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    1 year ago

    It is more that Reddit wanted its moderators to not be anyone important, especially under the current CEO. Ditching the default subs, firing Victoria, heavily maiming r/all, and other actions were geared to prevent mods from gaining power over Reddit. On the flipside, Reddit maintained the mod ranking based on when a mod joined specifically to keep communities from forming more legitimate methods of mod selection.

    Mods were supposed to be weak while being scapegoats for Reddit in case something went wrong.