There are many flaws against Reddit, but continuing to only harp on the moderation point isn’t productive and might end up backfiring. This isn’t a great argument on the basis of optics as many people are content with how the moderation works.

At best, this argument needs to be refined, for example: “Reddit’s powermod structure led to a limited number of users having more power over community engagement than what seems healthy”.

At worst, this argument gets spread by the type of users who rely on harassment, brigading, and engaging in bad faith, then get understandably reprimanded.