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by Goronmon 2224 days ago
Why does it matter if a few volunteer mods manage a ton of subs?

The concern basically goes like this...

1) Mod/Subreddit does something a user doesn't like (literally anything, doesn't matter how reasonable or trivial or toxic the complaint is, that isn't important, what matters is that someone isn't happy).

2) They want to find evidence that the Mod/Subreddit in question is "bad" or "corrupt" in someway to support that grievence from 1.

3) Users points to mod list as evidence that a "corrupt" group of mods is actually in control of everything.

4) Now that the "corruption" has been found, the Mod/Subreddit involved in 1 has been "proven wrong" and now can be safely ridiculed and labeled as such.