[cyanydeez]

Which was earned via moderation and 3rd party apps

[riku_iki]

time will show if old mods and 3p apps are that critical, since both are removed now.

[ImPostingOnHN]

time already shew, since the subreddits exist as they are now

obviously taking what they built and saying "I built this" wouldn't show anything but spez's pettiness

[riku_iki]

reddit team's contribution in "building" is not smaller than those mods.

[ImPostingOnHN]

of course it is: reddit hosts bulletin boards, the community (mods included) built the subreddits (both creating content and attracting new users to them)

[riku_iki]

Ok, looks like you realized that mods just are part of community who built subreddits.

And current power mods who declared they own subreddits also not all mods (current and past), but unknown share of them.