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> Simply put, they're power hungry online weirdos that just want to be "in charge" of a community.

It's funny, I actually think that this is true for most of the mods we see online, be it Reddit, SO and the whole SE network, or any other forum.

Comparing SO to Yahoo! Answers is a bit much, though.

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reddit and their mods have completely destroyed their website. The admins of reddit do not care because the cash keeps flowing, so why stick to founding principles at all?

Aaron Swartz is spinning in his grave I'm sure.

The interesting thing on Reddit is that every sub Reddit has their own set of moderators. If you go to /r/China or /r/history you will get destroyed for even posting the most sane comment, in other reddits there is literally zero moderation which can be very relieving (if the community is not too big). so reddit can be good for everyone whereas Stack Overflow is converging to be good for no one.

He's only spinning because dudes like you don't allow him to rest in peace by bringing his name as an appeal to authority on irrelevant topics. Please stop.

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