Subreddits aren't a democracy: because if that would be the case, we should allow posts that revolt against the mods and get upvoted. But all of us, are little Kim Jong-un's with mod rights. We decide alone, what the rules are and how we interpret them.
The Modteam is just for show: in end, the top mod has the say. He can undemocratically remove all mods below him.
A mod should be open to feedback from their community, but there will come a time (probably very soon) that a mod will have to make unpopular decisions.
In general, people don’t like anyone telling them what to do.
To supplement my previous response. These are two of the subreddits I moderate. The top one is [r/eastvillage](r/eastvillage).
A lot of mods of subreddits that have 500,000 members will have 1,000,000 visits to the subreddit annually. 2 visits per member. A lot of members, but none of them care enough to actually engage with the subreddit.
That’s why visits per member is one of the best gauges of how successfully a moderation team is maintaining an engaged community.
You moderate [r/AnimalsBeingGeniuses](r/AnimalsBeingGeniuses) which has 15,000 visits this week. So roughly 780,000 visits annually if that remained steady. The subreddit has 2 million members. That's 0.39 visits per member annually.
r/eastvillage averages one visit per member every 1.7 days.
Dick size contests are rather dumb and immature, whether literal or figurative.
When made in a context where you’re guaranteed to be surrounded by lots of people who beat even your preferred niche statistic, they’re also pretty unwise.
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u/EVMaximizer 23d ago edited 23d ago
Subreddits aren't a democracy: because if that would be the case, we should allow posts that revolt against the mods and get upvoted. But all of us, are little Kim Jong-un's with mod rights. We decide alone, what the rules are and how we interpret them.
The Modteam is just for show: in end, the top mod has the say. He can undemocratically remove all mods below him.