[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