That’s a good point actually. I haven’t heard the term “antimoderation” before now, but it is very fitting for reddit. Every subreddit I was a part of back when I still had an account was either quarantined or had the mods change suddenly, with an equally sudden change in what is and isn’t acceptable there. Redditors often talk about how a sub goes above a certain number of subscribers it loses what made it good in the first place, and that’s probably due to general astroturfing and making sure to control the narrative.
The admins literally install fascist moderators in any subreddit that gets too big, and at least half of them have direct ties to the three-letters. The only time they don’t is if the modteam is already fascist like was the case with bonehurtingjuice and that one alt-right subreddit that the admins revived against the will of its creators/modteam after they had a change of heart and realized what they were doing was fucked up.
That’s a good point actually. I haven’t heard the term “antimoderation” before now, but it is very fitting for reddit. Every subreddit I was a part of back when I still had an account was either quarantined or had the mods change suddenly, with an equally sudden change in what is and isn’t acceptable there. Redditors often talk about how a sub goes above a certain number of subscribers it loses what made it good in the first place, and that’s probably due to general astroturfing and making sure to control the narrative.
The admins literally install fascist moderators in any subreddit that gets too big, and at least half of them have direct ties to the three-letters. The only time they don’t is if the modteam is already fascist like was the case with bonehurtingjuice and that one alt-right subreddit that the admins revived against the will of its creators/modteam after they had a change of heart and realized what they were doing was fucked up.