Well, it’s not a huge mystery or anything…people love the communities they build up. You feel a sense of loyalty to the people and to the idea behind the community.
Dude. Its about power and control. It has little to do with any sense of loyalty. I’m sure there are a few that have some measure of loyalty, but very few mods are doing it because they just love the topic they moderate. They’re doing it because it gives them power and control and they love that. Absolutely no one can convince me otherwise.
A vocal portion of the reddit user base seems to really hate moderators for some reason. In the subreddits I frequented I never saw anything which seemed like an abuse of power, but maybe reddit doesn’t automatically broadcast mod actions very well?
Dude. Its about power and control. It has little to do with any sense of loyalty. I’m sure there are a few that have some measure of loyalty, but very few mods are doing it because they just love the topic they moderate. They’re doing it because it gives them power and control and they love that. Absolutely no one can convince me otherwise.
I don’t agree, not all mods are power hungry, some subs are what they are today because of their mods.
I think there’s plenty of mods on both sides of that argument.
Some do love the communities they’ve built up and some just love the power trip in their miserable lives.
A vocal portion of the reddit user base seems to really hate moderators for some reason. In the subreddits I frequented I never saw anything which seemed like an abuse of power, but maybe reddit doesn’t automatically broadcast mod actions very well?