Reddit CEO Steve Huffman says the site’s mods are too powerful. In an interview on Thursday, he told NBC that he planned to change the rules so users had the power to vote the moderators of subreddits out.
He said the current system — where mods can only be removed by themselves, higher-ranking mods, or Reddit itself — was “not democratic” and compared it to a “landed gentry.”
Power mods have been an issue for many many years, possibly even before this. This may have been the tipping point for Reddit to finally stop sucking their thumb and do something about it. Either that or potential negative feedback to hurt their bottom line (and the shareholders pockets…)
While that’s cool, I meant that OP should make the posted image accessible, because right now no blind person can read that or follow a link to a source they can read.
It’s also not fault tolerant (in case the image breaks) or searchable, so it makes the web less usable.
A link to the source of the image or alt text would fix all that.
A link to source or some alt text would be cool: this image lacks both.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjUcfSVuU1A will help - Upper Echelon’s video on the 'Reddit Mafia" concisely explains the current Power Mod situation.
Reddit have pushed out what I consider knee-jerk reactionary responses to the growing issue of ‘power mods’ - https://www.reddit.com/r/SubredditDrama/comments/1myjrgz/reddit_announces_how_many_large_subs_one_can_mod/ - which was brought about due to this: https://www.reddit.com/r/modnews/comments/1mwnoq2/addressing_questions_on_moderation_limits/
It could have even started to originate from this: https://www.businessinsider.com/reddit-ceo-will-change-rules-to-make-mods-less-powerful-2023-6
Power mods have been an issue for many many years, possibly even before this. This may have been the tipping point for Reddit to finally stop sucking their thumb and do something about it. Either that or potential negative feedback to hurt their bottom line (and the shareholders pockets…)
While that’s cool, I meant that OP should make the posted image accessible, because right now no blind person can read that or follow a link to a source they can read. It’s also not fault tolerant (in case the image breaks) or searchable, so it makes the web less usable. A link to the source of the image or alt text would fix all that.