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Re:Reddit’s blackout protest is set to continue indefinitely by molsongolden on Thursday June 15, 2023 @02:56PM (#36345001)
> Less moderation and more open speech would drastically improve most subreddits.

This just isn't true. Subreddits without moderators get buried in spam (both thinly veiled self-promotion and outright unrelated spam link dumping).

(I've both moderated a small subreddit and tried to participate in subreddits with absent moderators.)

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Re:Reddit’s blackout protest is set to continue indefinitely by bnralt on Thursday June 15, 2023 @03:51PM (#36345589)
Every time I've participated in a small sub where the mod went AWOL it's been just fine. Often much better than your average Reddit sub.

You can even see this with smaller active subs that only have one moderator. The sub doesn't fill up with spam when the moderator is sleeping.

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