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The issue with moderation on apps is that third party apps offer far better tooling than reddit's first party app, and from the sounds of things, will continue to do so.
Additionally, in order to appropriately moderate, an app must load all the data a user can load *plus more*.
This leads to an issue where, in order for reddit to serve their moderators the content they need to moderate, they must either provide only the mod tool interactions for free (which still kills the third party app), or make third party app requests free for moderators. The latter option then leads to every user making and moderating a tiny niche personal public subreddit with no intention of growing it.
This leads to reddit will either have to concede to 3PP apps (which leads to zero change), or reddit will have to raise the threshold for what they provide, which will fuck smaller subreddits made in good faith.
The solution is obvious, of course; cede absolute control over the app space, and charge third party app developers reasonable rates for their requests.
There's nothing here!