The concept of a "powermod" is a fiction.

submitted by JasonCarswell from self.SaidIt

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The concept of a "powermod" is a fiction.

We all know they could stop the culture wars problems on Reddit if they wanted to. The problem is not the number of subs, the problem is who governs them and how.

Like on Reddit powermods on SaidIt are not a threat to anyone - unless the owners/admins allow problems to persist, ignorantly or intentionally. It's clear that corporate Reddit owners and management are corruptly supporting the ESG (environment social governance) culture wars agenda to mainstream the social credit cult.

The owners/admins of all sites will always have ultimate power and always will. Saying otherwise is simply fake news.

magnora7 has been promoting an illusory paranoid fiction, and if anyone falls for it he inflates their delusions. If anyone actually abuses their modicum of "power" over a sub the individuals or the community would alert him to easily squash it. It's long overdue that he stop lying to folks instead of perpetuating this bullshittery and the arbitrary 40 subs max rule.

SaidIt needs all the help it can get moderating this place - especially if/when it ever grows and when the shills, trolls, bots, along with AI overrun everything online. I report stuff all the time, regardless what sub I'm in - but I don't moderate. Maybe one day I might. Or hopefully I can move on to a better self-regulating site where everyone is invested in its development, has a say how things are run, can build the future they want, and takes responsibility for their own communities.

Saidit is NOT Reddit.

/s/DecentralizeAllThings

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    [–]newguy 6 insightful - 2 fun6 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 2 fun -  (4 children)

    Yeah there are definitely problems with mods running too many subs on reddit, not sure what OP is on about. Some of them run thousands of subs. It's not okay. I support the fact that on saidit there's a limit for how many subs one person can mod, makes sense to me

    [–]bucetao6969 4 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 3 fun -  (2 children)

    I support the fact that on saidit there's a limit for how many subs one person can mod, makes sense to me

    I didnt know that existed, pretty cool.

    But a saidit user can just create multiple accounts. It's possibly worse since we can't track a person running multiple saidits.

    [–]JasonCarswell[S] 3 insightful - 3 fun3 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

    But a saidit user can just create multiple accounts.

    Exactly. The whole concept is bullshit.

    [–][deleted] 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

    Ah, the good old days when we didn't need facial recognition and background checks just to create a social media account.

    [–]JasonCarswell[S] 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

    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.

    [–]Joe091 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

    Brother, not everything is about you. Maybe try not to take internet drama quite so seriously.

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

    It's long overdue that he stop lying to folks instead of perpetuating this bullshittery and the arbitrary 40 subs max rule.

    How does your user profile say Moderator of these 5 subs "and 49 more"?