Nice - that's exactly what I told them at reddit. All you need are site-wide rules that are enforced.

Otherwise every sub will be under the sway of some jobless teen loser to run as his/her own little personal fiefdom.

The 'Stanford Experiment' showed how even highly educated, intelligent college kids can turn in Junior Hitlers when given a tiny bit of power over their fellow students.

Reddit failed to recognize this basic psychology of human nature.