72 upvotes, 4 direct replies (showing 4)
View submission: [Updated] Who runs /r/Holocaust? Each line represents a moderator overlap. [OC]
I always wondered whether Reddit should allow for a means for a subreddit to vote out a mod. You run the risk of having good mods get knocked off by troll swarms if your implementation sucks but it's totally awful that the subreddit dedicated to one of the most appalling events in history is run by deniers and racists really shouldn't continue and that so many valid subreddits could be taken over by these sorts of people.
Comment by [deleted] at 23/07/2014 at 03:31 UTC
26 upvotes, 1 direct replies
I think issues like that are what admins are supposed to be for. I know that it is important that a place like reddit, which only exists because of great user created content, allow users to self organize and deal with most of their problems without a lot of autocratic interference from the admins, but someone need to protect the integrity of the community from abuses like this. The only people with the power to police moderators are the admins.
Comment by epicwisdom at 23/07/2014 at 10:17 UTC
5 upvotes, 0 direct replies
a subreddit to vote out a mod.
What is "a subreddit" composed of? Anybody who cares to vote? Subscribers only? What about users the mods have banned?
Comment by [deleted] at 23/07/2014 at 03:56 UTC*
14 upvotes, 4 direct replies
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Comment by Endemoniada at 23/07/2014 at 13:59 UTC
1 upvotes, 0 direct replies
You could have to vote in order to *make* someone a mod to begin with as well. That way, even if there's one bad egg, he can't simply invite a ton of other mods and then outvote any subsequent decision.