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Re:Removed as moderator of /r/Celebrities after over 14 years by johnnyanmac on Tuesday June 20, 2023 @06:26AM (#36401998)
>The users don't really care about the culture, they just want someone to delete the spam

for larger subs, I think users underestimate how much trouble it is to do that job. And Reddit hasn't made it easier for mods to do that. On the contrary, this move will make it more time consuming to delete spam.

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Re:Removed as moderator of /r/Celebrities after over 14 years by viraptor on Tuesday June 20, 2023 @08:36AM (#36403122)
It's also misunderstanding of what culture/spam really is. Outside of the actual automated link spam which is obvious, it's an extremely fuzzy area with very subjective rules. What you delete as spam defines the culture.
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Re:Removed as moderator of /r/Celebrities after over 14 years by notnaut on Tuesday June 20, 2023 @08:56AM (#36403317)
/r/conservative is a shining example of moderators defining the culture of their subreddit by deleting comments and posts with an extremely heavy hand.
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Re:Removed as moderator of /r/Celebrities after over 14 years by kelipso on Tuesday June 20, 2023 @09:13AM (#36403463)
What one person defines as curating for culture, another person defines as oppressive censorship. Subjective of course, how much freedom do you want in a big sub vs some niche sub, etc.
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