As a (soon to be) former reddit mod, reddit moderators are all power hungry. Modding and feeling like they're important is a coping mechanism for many of their lives.
this post was submitted on 23 Jun 2023
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Speak for yourself.
I got stuck with the job because it needing doing and no one else stepped up.
what they said is true for probably 95% of mods
I personally never had an interaction with any mods, but I can imagine it being much like any other position of power within any type of human interaction. But, Tbf, the job is prob a pain in the ass, and I wouldn't want it.
yeah it's a pain in the ass with no reward except for that slight amount of power which attracts only the mega losers to do the job
Sunk Cost Fallacy - A lot of mods just can't bear to give up all the time and effort they have put into Reddit.
Of course, there are better and worse reasons than that too. Just like in any group of people there are the good, the bad, and the other.
You're asking the people who quit reddit why they haven't quit reddit. Maybe ask over there?
Because I deleted my account and I don't want to give them any more of my time or thoughts :D
I got some good answers here though.
Some reddit moderators are genuinely selfless and interested only in helping and serving the community of users who rally around the subject matter they are passionate about...and so as long as the majority of the community are on reddit, that is where the moderators will devote their efforts even if it means a more difficult job starting July 1.
This top level post comes across as a passive insult to reddit moderators, and I'm sure some reddit moderators deserve it, but a lot don't.
Some people are dedicated and like working for their community, the work being its own reward. They may be worried what would happen to their community if they leave (and new mods are appointed by the overlords) which is a real concern for many, especially the more niche ones, I think. Recreating those communities elsewhere can be tough (and no, Lemmy / the Fediverse isn't an alternative for everyone yet, not least because of the relatively higher initial investment into understanding the structure). They may feel like there is still is hope, they don't want to abandon ship until the bitter absolute end and I can respect that. Some people may also simply like the attention (we are talking about mods here after all ololol mods ghey).
mods for one duckduckjeep group encouraged people to leave cute ducks on jeeps in parking lots. turned out they were just selling plastic ducks https://www.amazon.com/s?k=plastic+ducks
I rarely used reddit but people generally should spend more time unplugged
The question was already answered.
Many people don't have a life, they get addicted to Reddit (or something similar) and it's importance to them becomes extreme.
Such people managed a protest, but as Spez rightly pointed out - they'll be back.
Basically, I think the way forward is to get SEARCH engines to dig content from the Fediverse - because that is the area where Reddit wins. You don't have to go there, you just do a search - and Reddit comes up all over the place.
Lemmy.world, lemmy.ml, Beehaw etc just don't exist there when you want to get answers to questions that would exist, for example r/Firefox, r/CSSFirefox.
For real. Since the protests started I've been a good boy, removed my Boost shortcut, never opened it in a browser, never even accidently started typing it out of habit, etc. But it's in, like, ALL the Google searches. That's been my ONLY traffic to Reddit in the last couple weeks is accidentally clicking on Google results without noticing what site it's on and then feeling bad about it and backing out.
Wouldn't it be more effective to simply delete whole subreddits en masse? Not only would that spit in spez's face, but it would drive many to other sites like here. Or am I missing something on account of being a low tech old fart?
I’m pretty sure you can’t just “delete” a subreddit
A lot of them think that what they're doing is "important " somehow, like they'll let the "community" down if they quit. They're all deluded.
Some people, believe it or not, think that being a mod on a subreddit makes them cool and interesting. In reality, it makes them look like a bozo.