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View submission: /r/xkcd kerfuffle megathread
Did nobody notice this before?
I think people were aware for a while that he did nothing with the sub, but managed to post enough on reddit to prevent anyone else from taking /r/xkcd from him. It wasn't until a few months ago [1] that it was getting obvious he was pushing his agenda onto /r/xkcd. Having a mod with some funny views is fine until those views get pushed against unrelated content.
Who was the previous top mod?
I don't know if there is a way to find that out, but the previous mod was absent enough in their duties for that to not really matter any more. Plenty of people frequent reddit, perhaps start a few subs, and then go off it a bit/have a change of life circumstances and never come back.
Comment by heeero60 at 29/01/2014 at 12:21 UTC
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Right, thanks! It does seem a bit weird though that you can just claim moderation of a subreddit if you are not an active member of the community. But I am sure that I am not the first one to notice this.