I think the landed gentry point sits poorly with me because many of the most committed mods (I mean the ones who actively put work into their communities, I’m not referring to the powermods collecting subs like General Grievous collecting lightsabres) put hours of work into curating and building a community. Reddit is built on so much volunteer labour and for Huffman to use phrases like “landed gentry” is outrageous
We all recognized there was a mod power issue in a ton of subs. Lots of local subs getting unjustly censored, mods swaying discussions, or companies astroturfing. The landed gentry thing is pretty spot on. That said, it’s better than admins taking over if the mods don’t toe the corporate line.
I think the landed gentry point sits poorly with me because many of the most committed mods (I mean the ones who actively put work into their communities, I’m not referring to the powermods collecting subs like General Grievous collecting lightsabres) put hours of work into curating and building a community. Reddit is built on so much volunteer labour and for Huffman to use phrases like “landed gentry” is outrageous
We all recognized there was a mod power issue in a ton of subs. Lots of local subs getting unjustly censored, mods swaying discussions, or companies astroturfing. The landed gentry thing is pretty spot on. That said, it’s better than admins taking over if the mods don’t toe the corporate line.