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Re:Reddit Threatens to Remove Moderators from Subreddits Con... by capableweb on Thursday June 15, 2023 @07:57PM (#36348841)
He also claimed most mods don't use 3rd party apps:

> Huffman said 97% of Reddit users do not use any third-party apps to browse the site. He said "the vast majority" of moderators also do not rely on third-party apps.

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Re:Reddit Threatens to Remove Moderators from Subreddits Con... by flutas on Thursday June 15, 2023 @08:08PM (#36348958)
The big issue is you can hide a lot in statements like that.

I can't find super trustworthy numbers (and I can't verify this due to that), but if there are about 3.4m subs and only 140k of them are active, every single active sub could have a mod that uses a 3rd party app and you could still claim "the vast majority" don't use them.

I also find it fairly interesting he would quote a percentage for users, but not for mods.

[0]: https://www.businessdit.com/how-many-subreddits-are-there/

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Re:Reddit Threatens to Remove Moderators from Subreddits Con... by margalabargala on Friday June 16, 2023 @04:46PM (#36363611)
Yeah there's a lot of different ways to count something like that to get the result you want. Torture the numbers and they will confess.
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Re:Reddit Threatens to Remove Moderators from Subreddits Con... by galleywest200 on Thursday June 15, 2023 @08:03PM (#36348906)
Most mods seem to use the old.reddit.com website, possibly utilizing Mod Toolbox as well. It seems most mods do not use an app for moderating at all.
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