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Re:Reddit shuts down subreddits including r/The_Donald and r... by ww520 on Monday June 29, 2020 @02:20PM (#23680540)
No. The lower level mods were forced in by the Reddit admin a while back. There were warnings about these sock mods long ago. The subsequent banning of the top mods effectively put these sock mods in control.
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Re:Reddit shuts down subreddits including r/The_Donald and r... by belltaco on Monday June 29, 2020 @02:41PM (#23680857)
I don't think that was the case but I am open to sources.
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Re:Reddit shuts down subreddits including r/The_Donald and r... by ww520 on Monday June 29, 2020 @02:46PM (#23680925)
I am also open to the sources that the low level mods were "hired" by the top mods.
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Re:Reddit shuts down subreddits including r/The_Donald and r... by belltaco on Monday June 29, 2020 @03:06PM (#23681229)
That's the default of how it works on Reddit.

https://mods.reddithelp.com/hc/en-us/articles/360004273892-M....

You made the claim that the admins added mods, what made you think so?

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Re:Reddit shuts down subreddits including r/The_Donald and r... by ww520 on Monday June 29, 2020 @03:33PM (#23681568)
That link doesn't say anything about hiring, and doesn't have any evidence on the top mods paid to "hired" the lower level mods. As for the sleeper mods being added by force, there were definitely warnings about them before, but then the whole sub is wiped out now. Very convenient to get rid of all the evidence.
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Re:Reddit shuts down subreddits including r/The_Donald and r... by belltaco on Friday July 03, 2020 @03:56PM (#23726960)
There were no mods added by force by the admins.
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