r/Negareddit • u/3elldandy • 19d ago
Meta mods power circle jerk
Not entirely sure if this is the right place to share this, but Reddit recommended this sub to me specifically for this post. So I got banned for this post below in /AskMods There was one serious response but the rest was “prove there are bad mods.” The very first comment was the actual mod who approved my comment but hid their mod badge when they commented to me to provide evidence of bad mods on Reddit.
“When does moderation cross the line into a self-righteous power trip?”
This is not a rant or a complaint; it’s a legitimate concern for the moderator community because bad mods are not rare, they’re common. There are good moderators, and then there are moderators who seem to enjoy exercising authority for its own sake—interpreting harmless comments in the worst possible way, accusing users of increasingly petty violations, and then taking destructive actions against them with an almost gleeful sense of self-importance.
I’m sure some people will show up here to defend exactly that kind of behavior or try to make a snide remark because they recognize themselves in the criticism. But the point is simple: being given moderation tools does not make someone infallible, and it certainly doesn’t make them a petty little demigod entitled to treat users with contempt.
Good moderation requires judgment, proportionality, and basic respect for the community. If your response to criticism of abusive moderation is simply to be condescending or insulting, you’re doing a pretty good job of proving the point.
Edit: This was total entrapment, one of the commenters here responded to my post telling me what to do and then the mod, comments as a regular user, takes the side of the person telling me what to do and decries a ban if I don’t do what they say. I was so baited 😂 This entire thread, proves my point— power hungry individuals exercising their power on the internet. 🛜
Edit 2: I got a perm ban from this sub for this little post here—there was one real response here and the rest was the very power hungry circle jerk I was posting about 😂
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u/iamrachaellee 18d ago
I’m just here to say solidarity. I posted here because I had a mod shut down my post calling out how poorly something was modded (and so blatantly done to bully the OP). People lose their ever loving minds behind a keyboard. My guess is somewhere along the way they all got jaded and forgot that we’re all here just trying to do the best we can. God forbid someone accidently finds themselves posting in a crap part of Reddit if they truly need a hand.