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Moderation on reddit is incredibly inconsistent and as bad as the users can be the mods are ALWAYS a jerkoffs. The vast majority of subs have a very "in your face" attitude to moderation, and it's clear these people really get off on the tiny bit of power they get.

Perhaps you never had an issue with them? If you really keep your nose clean there's a good chance you never encounter the mods, or rarely at least. HackerNews as always is tamer, but you still get some of those vibes.

I would also add that multiple groups are disproportionately represented. Ironically, police sympathizers are very powerful on the site. So as anti-police as reddit seems, I assure you, it's 10,000X worse. I've gotten disproportionate blowback by attacking doctors (during covid, but not about it)... this definitely happens on HN.

Reddit is incredibly biased and it's kinda gotten complicated now. It's not just a left leaning site.