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[–] AssHunter9000 0 points 28 points (+28|-0) ago 

Why reddit is dying 101...

Mod that mods an insane number of subreddits, that no human could possibly ever do a decent job moderating (yet somehow always has enough time to get into petty squabbles in mod mail)?

Check.

Mod who responds to reasonable requests and discussion with sheer pettiness and douche baggery?

Check.

Mod who shits all over another mod and threatens to immediately quit when challenged even slightly?

Check.

Mod who power trips and simply resorts to banning when they cannot articulate their argument because they know their argument is shit?

Aaaaand Check.

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[–] WillyWonka 0 points 8 points (+8|-0) ago 

Exactly, I think we should set straight an implicit/informal manifesto as a community to keep ourselves open and civilized as far as possible and shun on any powertrip-like behavior

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[–] AssHunter9000 0 points 13 points (+13|-0) ago 

Implementing a system wherein users are able to hold mods in check would be a huge start. That's one of the major problems with reddit. The community is forced to be accountable to the mods, but the mods aren't accountable to the community.

A group of renegade mods can worm their way into a community, completely blow it up or change it totally, driving out or marginalizing all of the original members of said community. Look at places like subredditdrama, creepyPMs, or offmychest for pretty classic examples.

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[–] brianpurkiss 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

Reddit isn't really dying. It's growing quite rapidly and has become the 10th most visited site in the US and 27th in the world acording to Alexa.

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[–] AssHunter9000 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago  (edited ago)

When I said "dying"I meant it in a more colloquial sense. I've referred to reddit as a "walking corpse" compared to what it used to be. It might look good in terms of alexa numbers, but the prime userbase of reddit is primed to leave, because of all of the bullshit that's going on. When that happens, the site will die from the inside out. The same way Digg died. It will take several years, but it'll happen.

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[–] 0x5f3759df 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Now repeat that for the admins—especially cupcake is an extreme example—and you know why there is little hope of recovery.