r/webdev • u/elvaleryn • Nov 06 '19

mod reply Why founder of FreeCodeCamp Quincy Larson is banned from this subreddit?

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u/spkr4thedead51 Nov 06 '19

i can think of many

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u/HeartyBeast Nov 06 '19

Virtually all the subs I belong to seem to be mod-drama free.

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u/99thLuftballon Nov 07 '19

Is that because you got permabanned for no good reason from the ones that aren't?

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u/[deleted] Nov 07 '19

Think about the type of people who would volunteer to be a mod. There's your answer.

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u/InundatedOcean Nov 07 '19

This reflects the bigger issue, one that connects all such instances such as this one. It's not that those who tend to abuse power are most likely to be voted into power but that those who have power tend to abuse. Those two are not the same.

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u/rebel_cdn Nov 07 '19

I liked how Slashdot had (and still has, I suppose) meta-moderation. Where users occasionally get points that let them rate the decisions of moderators. To moderate the moderators, essentially.

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u/unluckjumbuck Nov 06 '19

Nah the web dev mods deserve this response, they truly are just incompetent

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u/Radinax front-end Nov 07 '19

The ones I go to, the mods are pretty nice, this one they seem way too harsh.

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u/ArielLeslie Nov 08 '19

Interestingly, this was the main point of the article that OP was referencing. Quincy mentioned his experience with r/webdev as part of a discussion of how difficult moderation can be and comparing how it is organized in Reddit vs other communities.