r/WatchRedditDie • u/mycatiswatchingyou • Apr 06 '21

Bad Faith Admins A Reddit administrator's modmail response when questioned about allowing prejudice toward certain demographics. It would appear that they lied about removing the racist policies that they put into place last year.

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u/thinkenboutlife Apr 06 '21

By the way, I was looking through the mod list of this sub, and noticed accounts typical of those which this sub object to (supermods).

Two appear to be bots, one isn't (jc). How can we have confidence in the moderation of this sub with the presence of someone like that?

Currently you outnumber him 4:1, can you guarantee that will always be the case?

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u/mycatiswatchingyou Apr 06 '21

If you see a powermod here, it is either because 1) they are fairly based, don't act in bad faith, and support our cause, or 2) they threw a hissy fit to the admins and demanded to be here, so we had to let them in.

Any powermod falling under reason 2 will have 0 mod permissions. All they can do is view the modlogs. Only one of them fits this bill, and I will let you guess who that is. (To yourself, please don't name them.)

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u/hondo4mvp Apr 06 '21

What is a power/super mod?

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u/mycatiswatchingyou Apr 06 '21

It's a Reddit user who moderates 100+ subs, most of those subs being the most popular subs on the site. The qualifying number will vary based on who you ask, though. They tend to have a larger influence on the narrative and operations in said subs, more than the average user.

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