http://www.dailydot.com/news/reddit-moderators-interview-bep-raerth-syncretic/
created by Raerth on 05/10/2012 at 15:46 UTC
14 upvotes, 2 top-level comments (showing 2)
Comment by Raerth at 05/10/2012 at 15:49 UTC
2 upvotes, 2 direct replies
FWIW, I am disgusted they didn't include more of the amazing comedy that was my responses. This was my big break to become a world famous cynic, and they blew it.
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* **Age:** Old enough to know better.
* **When did you first join Reddit and why?** The internet communities I frequented were becoming stale, and heard about reddit through word-of-mouth. I was a lurker for around half a year before creating an account so I could downvote pun threads.
* **How much time do you spend on the site?** More than I should.
* **Why do you moderate?** Because I lack responsibility, power or respect in my limited personal life and crave online prestige as a desperate last attempt to redeem my pathetic existence.
* **How many subreddits do you moderate?** 24 with over 1000 subscribers, 4 defaults.
* **What’s the best subreddit to moderate and why?** /r/Politics, the modmail ranting we receive is paranoid delusion of unsurpassed imaginative quality.
* **What’s your favorite subreddit you subscribe to?** Here's three I enjoy: /r/asoiaf, /r/artisanvideos and /r/LV426
* **What can be done to improve the relationship between users and moderators?** Many of the newer redditors don't understand what reddit is, and they don't understand that any redditor can create a subreddit[1] and become a moderator of their own section with whatever rules they wish to enact. The admins created less than 10 initial subreddits, all the rest are created and run by volunteers. More people should explore the variety of different communities on reddit, and even create their own. Reddit isn't just the "funny pics place".
* **What’s the best part of being a mod?** The groupie sex.
* **The worst?** See above.
* **What does your username mean?** My paypal password.
Comment by Raerth at 15/10/2012 at 17:44 UTC
1 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Hi James.