By your definition, someone with a thousand subs who doesn't moderate anything (ie. wield power) is still a "powermod".
That square doesn't circle.

Who cares who how many subs anyone has or who actually moderates them?

The real issues are that centralized control corrupts and/or dominate discourse with their agendas - and critically, the owners/admins/management of Reddit not only allow their ESG corruption, they encourage it, when they could easily stop it at any time.

magnora7 made a bullshit arbitrary 40 sub max rule specifically for me (as if I'm the only one with more than 40). With most of the active subs I created, I not only invited 20 or more other folks to moderate (NOT centralized), but I also gave most of them away (and they remain not updated). The vast majority of my current subs have rare posts or are empty, being as they are primarily fringe topics or potential projects I hope to one day develop further.

Few folks on SaidIt give a fuck about SaidIt much less the banner, CSS, or sidebox information. I'd dump all my subs today if magnora7 returned mod status upon request so I could improve the sub. Sure it could be annoying to him, but it's his stupid rule. However, the fact remains that magnora7 refuses to engage my dialogue in comments or messages - other than to try to discipline me for calling out his piss poor management of SaidIt and wasted potential. Further, he's been a proven liar in the past. So how could I possibly trust his word anyway. His ego always gets in his way - and is the worst thing to happen to SaidIt since its inception.

Yes, I sound angry - only because he's brought things to this boil.
Since he wants a fight over empty subs, I'll give it to him.