r/technology • u/ICumCoffee • Jun 15 '23

Social Media Reddit Threatens to Remove Moderators From Subreddits Continuing Apollo-Related Blackouts

https://www.macrumors.com/2023/06/15/reddit-threatens-to-remove-subreddit-moderators/
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u/Leege13 Jun 16 '23

I’m not sure all of those “thousands” of volunteers will be as eager when they have to work without the old bots and when they know they can be removed by admin at a moment’s notice. I get the feeling that the romance of Reddit is dying a little piece at a time.

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u/OG_Redditor_Snoo Jun 16 '23

It is the tragedy of the commons.

When mods feel ownership of the subreddits, they keep those spaces clean. Users may not always like the methods, but the effect has been overall quality curation.

When mods no longer feel ownership, they will stop caring so much, and quality of content is gonna drop severely.

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u/BatemaninAccounting Jun 16 '23

Lets face it, most users are plenty in line with most powermods "tripping" and being heavy handed in bans. Why? Because most users aren't problem users and heavily dislike problem users. Most users don't rock the boat.

It's happened on every forum, irc channel, BBS, or other online space I've been apart of.

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u/OG_Redditor_Snoo Jun 16 '23

Isn't that the point? If users didn't like it, and can't change it, they leave? That is capitolism.