It would be better if the mods stopped moderating, without removing themselves. Just let the communities become overwhelming cesspits, making it that much more difficult for the admins to scrub. That is the nuclear option, though, and it seems that the mods actually have hope for Reddit to compromise.
Honestly, the train wreck of reddit corporatism isn’t new - if mods and users can’t see already that they aren’t valued then they’ll likely never realise.
It would be better if the mods stopped moderating, without removing themselves. Just let the communities become overwhelming cesspits, making it that much more difficult for the admins to scrub. That is the nuclear option, though, and it seems that the mods actually have hope for Reddit to compromise.
Honestly, the train wreck of reddit corporatism isn’t new - if mods and users can’t see already that they aren’t valued then they’ll likely never realise.