Big subreddits are constantly attacked by clever ways to self promote. Your trust was broken so many times you were forced into cynicism. Your rules need to be simple and treat everyone equally. You don’t want to make too many judgment calls because they’re always controversial. You don’t want to spend that much time moderating because you’re not getting paid. You don’t have a way to increase your headcount because people who can mod are a precious resource. You have to maintain cohesion within moderation team because you’ll end up squabbling rather than gardening.

But there are also mods that are just scared of losing power.

[–] sbv@sh.itjust.works 21 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

woah woah woah this is the internet, we don't do nuance here

/uj thanks for mentioning the self promotion thing. That's a really good point.

[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 15 points 15 hours ago

I still mod a fairly large ADHD sub there and the vast majority of my mod actions for the last several years has been battling people trying to gather ideas for apps or promoting apps. It's really gross. It's a support sub.

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