Comment on Mods react as Reddit kicks some of them out again: “This will break the site”

Eheran@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

• lvxferre@mander.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  The power matters for the sort of bootlicker still moderating Reddit because it’s what gives their lives meaning. And it matters for Reddit Inc. because it enables it to profit more from the site.

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  • sad_detective_man@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    I never met one who wasn’t just getting off on the power trip. I think the nature of that role just draws a certain type who wants to do a specific thing

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    • lvxferre@mander.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Yeah. I feel like, if you aren’t powertripping, moderating lots of subs feels like a bother; and there’s a limit on how much abuse you go through before you say “fuck this, I’m out”.

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    • drspod@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      I never met one on reddit who wasn’t just getting off on the power trip.

      The ones who don’t, you never meet.

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      • homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        I’ve met a few here on Lemmy!

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    • joshchandra@midwest.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      *looks around* 👀

      I only mod /r/WestAllis because it was locked from new submissions; I just wanted to reopen it for public discussion and to promote a local board game gathering I run there (which has gotten maybe one redditor who is also on Facebook, which is where the bulk of promotion happens anyway). So, there: you have now met at least one, lol.

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      • sad_detective_man@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        yeah in retrospect that was probably pretty harsh. there’s probably a lot of moderators I interacted with that I just didn’t even realize were chill.

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