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		sofal on June 9, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Reddark: Website to watch subreddits going dark Being a good moderator is a lot of work. There will be no lack of people that would line up to have moderating powers in a large enough subreddit.

worrycue on June 9, 2023 [–]

> There will be no lack of people that would line up to have moderating powers in a large enough subreddit.

I don’t see how having bad mods not willing to put in the work and is just taking the role for the power is good for the subreddit and Reddit as a whole.

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