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As a (soon to be) former reddit mod, reddit moderators are all power hungry. Modding and feeling like they're important is a coping mechanism for many of their lives.
Speak for yourself.
I got stuck with the job because it needing doing and no one else stepped up.
what they said is true for probably 95% of mods
I personally never had an interaction with any mods, but I can imagine it being much like any other position of power within any type of human interaction. But, Tbf, the job is prob a pain in the ass, and I wouldn't want it.
yeah it's a pain in the ass with no reward except for that slight amount of power which attracts only the mega losers to do the job
Maybe a big chunk of traffic is modded by that sort of person, but not 95% of mods as individuals. So many "smaller" subreddits are modded by people that give a damn
Yeah, that's an issue. It's hard to say no sometimes.
It's also just addictive. I don't think all mods are "power hungry" in a bad sense - certainly many of them mod communities well and responsibly, but most of the ones that put in a lot of time are hooked to that community for one reason or another - either it gives them a sense of accomplishment or it's comfortable and familiar or they just feel valued there. It's easy to slip into that trap.
I got shadowbanned from the entire site once from pissing a mod off. I wasn't even being combative or anything I posted a link to dispute misinformation and just said "That's wrong though. Here is a link from the Mayo clinic explaining it" and got banned. No warning, no message, nothing. I had to make a new reddit account conpletely i couldnt upvote or comment on ANY subreddit after that. All for pissing off a mod. I hated how much power they have (had?)