[hackinthebochs]

The last time subreddits staged a coordinated strike like this, Reddit warned they would replace moderators next time. I wonder if they'll make good on their threat? I wish they would, the powermod situation on reddit is out of control. Part of the reason these coordinated strikes happen is because most top subreddits are ran by the same handful of people. It would do reddit some good to get variety among the moderators.

[londons_explore]

Removing some moderators would probably anger other moderators...

[transcriptase]

And those can be replaced with what has to be an infinite pool of people willing to volunteer as thought-police for a public company.

[nicoburns]

But will the users stay if they do that? I'm not convinced I would.

[SecretDracula]

Users don't care about the moderators. Users care about the content.

Most people hate the mods. "Mods are gay" is a common refrain on reddit. The mods are the killjoys that removed your post that didn't conform to their hyper specific subreddit rules, or locked a fun post before you got there.

Mods aren't leaders, they're hall monitors.

[suddenclarity]

I reckon most people wouldn't care, they aren't there for the mods. Others, although far fewer, would celebrate due to the power mod situation mentioned above. /r/all is just awful nowadays so it might be an improvement.

[rekoil]

I can vouch that it is not infinite. You couldn't pay me to do that shitty job.