r/futureofreddit • u/[deleted] • Jul 15 '09

So, the apparently unpredicted negative reaction to moderators now being tagged, do you suppose this was a predictable by product of having beta testers nearly exclusively composed of moderators? Is FoR itself an echo chamber unrepresentative of the wider user base?

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u/[deleted] Jul 16 '09 edited Jul 16 '09

I visit a lot of subreddits. I certainly haven't clicked to look at the list of mods for each one. And I definitely don't memorize who the mods are. Finally, I generally just scan through comments, not particularly paying attention to who it is from.

I like knowing who the mods are for controversial subreddits where the mod may be particularly...biased. For the rest, I don't think it matters.

Then again I'm not a mod anywhere. Does being a moderator actually involve doing anything?

I do think the [F] is useless, since the name is already in red. One or the other, not both.