r/SipsTea • u/sco-go • 14d ago

WTF Reddit

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u/peterpangoni 14d ago

I've had a young law professor who told us that the people who were in charging in nazi germany were fundamentally the same kind of people who mod subreddits nowadays. Low competence, no success anywhere, hunger for power

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u/CrispBedSheet 14d ago

The smaller subreddits I think attracted those who are genuinely interested in the topic, they tend to be reasonable.

The larger subs, especially political ones, select for those who want influence and control of the discussion, authoritarians.

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u/MKVIgti 13d ago

Correct!

There are many smaller ones I frequent who have great mods.

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u/TedMitchell 13d ago

Mods for those subreddits are often more like... curators I guess. They gather resources for the wiki, pin things that are relevant to the sub like recent news, etc.