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It's time to admit Lemmy has won the "the biggest reddit alternative" award, why it's time for all of us to consider supporting it (here's why) + reopening r/LemmyMigration (old.reddit.com)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/reddit@lemmy.world
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[–] 50 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (5 children)

I always have to laugh when I see an ostensibly pro-lemmy comment that says:

"Reddit mods are out of control"

Do these people understand that basically the whole idea behind a Federated system is that community owners have significantly more moderation power than they do on commercial platforms? If someone's main problem with Reddit was unchecked mod power, I have some bad news for them...

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  • [–] 14 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Eh, it's not that the moderators are out of control on Reddit. It's that they're under control... by a single corporation.

    A moderator here could potentially move their community to another instance if the owner of the instance tries the asshattery that Reddit Corp does.

    Users choose the communities that have mods that are cool, the mods choose the instance that's owned by someone that's cool. The second half of that sentence isn't true for reddit which turns it into a top down power dynamic.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago

    Eh there are also power mods on the platform that have a lot of control over loads of large communities there who are an issue in Of themselves in the ways they can control or stifle narratives on the site.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I think many of those people are conflating subreddit moderators with reddit site moderators/admins. On many platforms, "mods" refers to the top level people.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    No, they don't realize, because their sense of where the proverbial line should be drawn matches the mods. If you're a moderate (or heaven forbid a conservative) then you likey won't stay long or post these views often.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago*

    You hit the nail on the head. People can't seem to see themselves, especially when they're using the same language as their proclaimed enemies. They'll oppose with all the same tactics while calling the other side fascist.

    Edit: I think I'll start referring to them as kettleblacks.

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