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Re:Reddit is taking over Google by csa on Wednesday April 17, 2024 @03:36PM (#40069183)
> I don't understand how they still have mods.

This makes me think that you’ve never been a mod of an active forum or subreddit.

Without mods, popular forums will be spammed and/or gamed into oblivion. Most voting mechanisms are trivially easy to manipulate when potential earnings are involved.

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Re:Reddit is taking over Google by bun_terminator on Thursday April 18, 2024 @04:55AM (#40074241)
Of course i have never been a mod, everyone hates these people

Mods only worsen the manipulation problem

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