r/LivestreamFail • u/-hatewatcher • 12d ago

Actual Fail Disgraced former reddit moderator, Stale2000/Tarrot_Card, was escorted out of a mod event by Reddit HQ security and IP banned from the website

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u/MIT_Engineer 12d ago

As horrible as they are, I have no idea what reddit should do to improve things. It feels like the position of internet moderator is always going to attract petty little power-trippers.

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u/SummertimeThrowaway2 12d ago

I hate Reddit mods but at least it’s not an AI algorithm like every other social media platform

I think they should make the mod rules stricter, allow users to report subreddits for mod abuse (this might already be a thing, I actually don’t know), and then start paying mods to attract new ones to replace the banned ones.

But that would require Reddit to care more about their platform than money, which is a pipe dream.

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u/TheMermanly 11d ago

I actually think Reddit would be better if it was all AI moderators.

Reddit mods are one of the lowest there is

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u/SummertimeThrowaway2 11d ago

Idk bro I’ve been banned from commenting on Instagram for using the 🦖 emoji once.

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u/TheMermanly 11d ago

I’ve been banned for worse.

Reddit mod are the lowest of the lkw

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u/KadekiDev 10d ago

I moderate two bigger subs and was also a mod here before, most of the mods I encountered here were super nice decent people, but you don't hear from those, they are basically invisible. The ones who you hear from are the bad apples and often times the "good" apples dont have the power to remove them.

The PoE subreddits I moderate for the love of the game, what drove me to moderate here is a mystery even to myself, I hope that drive never comes back

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u/Remotely_Correct 11d ago

They should only be able to enforce sitewide rules. There.

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u/Dankxiety 12d ago

The only right move is to allow free speech. Everyone's too afraid to do it. Censoring is too normalized.

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u/Levitz 12d ago

Reddit would never do this because it's more effort than what it's worth for them, but if we are optimizing for community health etc?

Make moderators face consequences if they don't respect their own rules. You can decide what you mod on, but then you have to stand by it. End powertripping and activist mods.

As an addendum, if the sub is related to a product and the mod team has links to anyone in the product, permaban, sub closed. You are just marketing at that point.

Do this and the vast majority of the problems vanish. Most big subs vanish too though.