I don't think most moderators don't know this option exists.
It's located on a page that you only visit once to set up the subreddit, or to make large subreddit changes. (On old reddit, not sure about new reddit)
To Reddit's credit, they have been adding new features over the years to help separate communities and ensure they are somewhat able to maintain their culture.
E.g. Crowd Control which limits the posting / commenting abilities of individual users based on their history or other heuristics.
How so? It's a black box algorithm owned by Reddit Admins. Moderators only have the ability to set the threshold, with very vague terms (low, moderate, high, or something similar)
If admins wanted to disappear a viewpoint, it would be a lot easier to just autosuspend the accounts, or shadowban without a trace.
Just because the admins can do (and have done) worse shouldn't make Crowd Control an acceptable measure by comparison. If anything, I'd say a black box algorithm dictated by the admins is worse than the preemptory auto-mod banning that goes on in a number of political subreddits. I have little confidence the admins won't eventually use it to police subs at a mass scale without the need of the moderator.
It's located on a page that you only visit once to set up the subreddit, or to make large subreddit changes. (On old reddit, not sure about new reddit)
To Reddit's credit, they have been adding new features over the years to help separate communities and ensure they are somewhat able to maintain their culture.
E.g. Crowd Control which limits the posting / commenting abilities of individual users based on their history or other heuristics.