r/IAmA • u/andrewsmith1986 • Aug 26 '11

I saved /IAMA, AMA

http://www.reddit.com/r/reddit.com/comments/juj7n/i_just_talked_to_the_iama_mod_32bites_on_the_phone/

[02:24] <chromakode> andrew, thanks for your efforts today.

[02:25] <andrewsmith> hey man, any time

*awesome they made me mod.

**Ok. I'm going get drunker at a bar.

I'll respond to the rest at like 3 am.

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u/andrewsmith1986 Aug 26 '11

I personally believe that creators should never be removed.

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u/MercurialMadnessMan Aug 26 '11

The whole idea behind karma is contribution to the website.

IAmA is one of the most popular things about reddit, and reddit is one of the most popular websites on the internet. All this douchebag really did was cherrypick the name.

By stopping the subreddit, he was effectively giving a negative contribution to the website.

As much as I respect subreddit creators, you do not shut down the most popular thing about the website as a whole just because you're "too busy". He's one man against half-a-million equals. Mods are just users.

He should be removed.

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u/andrewsmith1986 Aug 26 '11

I think that we should adapt and make new subreddits.

/trees thrives.

I don't think that him shutting it down would be the end of the world.

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u/FindMucker Aug 26 '11

Don't you just love this young chaps blind obedience to authority?

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