>they really care about the plight of the moderators
no they dont. its like henchmen in a movie. if some fall more will take their place. its a thankless task. they dont care at all about the individual, they just care that the group functions. the group will function without the individual as long as there are reenforcements.
>in many cases, the userbase may go elsewhere before the subreddit finds its feet again.
probably to another subreddit, like when /r/trees replaced /r/marijuana (thats still a win for reddit corp)
>no they dont. its like henchmen in a movie. if some fall more will take their place. its a thankless task
I find most people who say things like this have 0 moderating experience, or at least no experience handling communities larger than 100 (or even 1,000) people.
Administration connection with moderators is important. If it's lacking, people willing to moderate will go to sites with better tools and better access to administration. There are "alternative Reddits" popping up, such as voat.co, to fill that position.
Mods aren't as easy to replace as people think they are. Finding someone who fits and follows the community culture, is able to act as a mediator in case of community conflicts, and enforce the rules with as little bias as impossible is actually quite hard and a moderator unable to do this can easily kill a community.
There is a fine balance in the relationships between lurkers::creators::mods::admins.
There was a post on reddit by a user emphasizing your reasoning but reaching a different conclusion. The user argued that he didn't not care about the plight of the moderators or content creators in one bit, he just wanted to selfishly consume his content.
He recognized the importance of the people that do care in creating the community that provides the quality of experience he desires and he was quick to emphasize that the second the quality drops he will find a new community.
The quality in subreddits are a direct function of the capabilities of their moderation staff.
no they dont. its like henchmen in a movie. if some fall more will take their place. its a thankless task. they dont care at all about the individual, they just care that the group functions. the group will function without the individual as long as there are reenforcements.
>in many cases, the userbase may go elsewhere before the subreddit finds its feet again.
probably to another subreddit, like when /r/trees replaced /r/marijuana (thats still a win for reddit corp)