A few examples include s*x questions on askreddit, “this” comments, nolife powermods, jokes being more frequent than actual answers
A few examples include s*x questions on askreddit, “this” comments, nolife powermods, jokes being more frequent than actual answers
I think the whole “no life mods” thing got a bit overblown. Reddit communities flourished generally due to the ones that had good active moderation. Setting a consistent theme and tone for the subreddit and keeping the bad actors out. It takes a lot of work, they did it for free and we benefited.
The issue is when some people are mods for tons of major communities. That’s when it is overreaching.
/r/askhistorians had very strict mods and was better for it.
yup. Good moderation makes or breaks the community.
Agreed but I do think that’s because the nature of the sub was more academic though, so having some kind of rigor makes sense. Not sure that’s the model to follow for every community
Almost every time I saw someone complaining about the mods, I would take a gander at their comment history, and surprise surprise it was almost always full of edgelord shit.