Does saidit have no mechanism for changing moderators?

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[–]magnora7 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Reddit has a reddit request system, and implementing something similar should be done here before it becomes a noted problem.

While I see your concern, a system like this is a problem in itself. If the problem on reddit is abusive moderators (which I agree with), why would we want more active moderators, and replicate their failed system?

[–]MaximilianKohler 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

why would we want more active moderators, and replicate their failed system?

Well reddit subs without active moderation typically turn into low quality fluff. Compare /r/worldpolitics to /r/neutralpolitics. 0 moderation vs heavy moderation. But they mostly have the heavy moderation done right. Whereas other subs like /r/science and /r/askscience have heavy moderation done wrong.

Scroll down to the /r/science & /r/askscience part: https://old.reddit.com/r/rant/comments/aph31h/in_the_age_of_information_information_sharing_is/

[–]magnora7 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Lol worldpolitics doens't have 0 moderation, it's very heavily moderated to create a certain bias. Neutralpolitics is good, but it all depends on the mod you get. It's very easy for subs like that to become biased echo-chambers with the wrong mod

[–]MaximilianKohler 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

You must be thinking of another sub. https://old.reddit.com/r/worldpolitics/ turned into a meme sub due to lack of moderation. People complained about it for years then finally gave up and left.

It's very easy for subs like that to become biased echo-chambers with the wrong mod

I agree, which is why moderation is an important topic that needs to be fixed for any reddit alternative to succeed https://old.reddit.com/r/RedditAlternatives/comments/ay0bc3/what_is_one_feature_you_expect_every_reddit/ehy9aka/. So far I think saidit has a way to go before solving all the problems with reddit.

For example, the problem of "random people who got there first" controlling subs isn't a solved problem here.

Tildes is doing some nice things, but the lack of ability to create a community like /r/fecaltransplant or /r/FMTClinics for example, means they're not a valid replacement in my case.