[redmerchant2]

The big subs have figured out an extensive set up of bots and moderation guidelines, while investing their own time, all for free. Reddit’s mod tooling is extremely abysmal, that’s part of the protest. (Only 3P devs have bothered building more advanced tools.) A new mod will not have the expertise or careful set up from the previous mods.

Most of the mods are debatably not power hungry, particularly on a sub like Music or Videos. Finding a replacement mod team without specific agendas is going to be hard. Only the most power tripping or ideologically driven will want the position as paying mods seems out of the question given Reddit’s stance.

Inexperienced mods will also be unable to handle the torrent of spam and low effort posts and comments the big sub attract.

It’s not impossible to punish the dissident mods but having a functional replacement on short notice is impossible.

[paulddraper]

> Most of the mods are debatably not power hungry

Everything made sense except this part.

Power goes to everyone's head.

[redmerchant2]

I have no doubt, my point is the mods of r/music don’t have a specific leaning that they’d try to manipulate.

Most of the mods of bigger subs have been doing it for years and it’s just a quirky hobby/obligation.

Obviously the super mods are in the pocket of the admins, and political subs are very controlling.

But appointing a new round of mods for a sub with millions of subscribers will attract the most bottom barrel power hungry people.

[tguedes]

Agreed. To me the most interesting part is what is going to happen to the large community specific subreddits, i.e the sports subreddits like r/soccer, r/music, r/movies, r/anime, etc. Those mod teams are generally very good and dedicate a lot of time to make the subreddit feel like a home for people who are interested in that community. Those will be the hardest mod teams to replace as opposed to large front page subreddits like r/pics or the smaller subreddits. Those subreddits are the middle ground of large enough to have constant abuse/spam but require domain specific knowledge so not anyone can be a good mod.

[paulddraper]

> attract the most bottom barrel power hungry people

Fair

[katbyte]

lol no it doesn't. most sure, but not everyone.

imho it affects people who didn't seek/don't want power differently from those who went looking for it.