92 top subreddits modded by the same 5 people.

Some mod literally hundreds of subs ( somehow... ).

The user who exposed this is now being banned across multi subs: https://www.reddit.com/user/rootin-tootin_putin/

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Something I& #39;ve been thinking about for a while now is where "influencers" are directing their audiences.

Most of the time it& #39;s to their Twitter, but now, happening more & more regularly, they also promote a Discord.

So, what& #39;s so great about #Discord? https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👇" title="Down pointing backhand index" aria-label="Emoji: Down pointing backhand index">
Discord allows a controlled curated community group with a close contact to the creator, as well as opportunities for audience members to grow & get popular within said community.

"Sharing the wealth of internet popularity".

Discord is also basically seen as unregulated.
Although Discord isn& #39;t exactly decentralized, it very rarely runs into issues with mass bans of random users, something that is pretty unfortunately common with all other popular social media.

It& #39;s up to you to police your Discord group, and apparently users like & want this.
I hopped into a #GodotEngine Discord channel the other night, and someone was in there streaming some #GameDev.

That was really cool to see. Kinda hard to explain, but the freedom of just some random guy streaming to this niche channel was somehow refreshing.

It felt right.
I believe the true internet beauty comes from decentralized human-created personally-owned web spaces.

Your place. Your rules.

Reddit has never tried achieving this. They have always been a content-collection site.

Here& #39;s why these things tend to falter...
Where there& #39;s content -> There& #39;s people.

Where there& #39;s people -> There& #39;s opportunity.

Where there& #39;s opportunity -> There& #39;s corruption.

This WILL happen to every content collection site. Always, without fail. That& #39;s ok though, as long as you have moderation built for it...
Reddit? They don& #39;t have the moderation built for their corruption.

No biggie, it& #39;s not their fault. It& #39;s IMPOSSIBLE to build out the type of moderation needed for a site like Reddit with the current infrastructure that modern sites choose to operate on.

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D E C E N T R A L I Z E D S O C I A L M E D I A

Why?
It& #39;s time we stop kidding ourselves, power-positions corrupt the people.

How?
Distribute the power amongst the creators & consumers to get a human-controlled framework.

When?
It can start to happen NOW.
#Blockchain, #CryptoCurrency, #Decentralization

Do these buzzwords annoy you? Yeah, I understand. They& #39;re fancy new slang that got picked up & abused by losers that ruin things by squealing about them without fully understanding their pros & cons.

In truth: we are almost there!
So what do I think the future holds for online groups?

I truly think a Discord-like experience ( my personal favorite contender in this space currently is @TeamGuilded ) is going to become the new way of managing your communities.
@HiveBlocks-powered decentralized Communities also shows promise #HiveIsAlive

But the important thing to stress is: Reddit is broken. Most social media is in fact.

That& #39;s what happens when you try to group large-scale communities with 1& #39;s & 0& #39;s

We need to break things up a bit
I think the one ( of many ) reasons for so much stupid anger online comes from the chaos of the echo-chamber that exists within current social media being so easy to spill over into other areas.

It& #39;s an echo-chamber with an air-leak. That makes people stressed out 24/7.
I& #39;m not saying echo-chambers are good.
I& #39;m saying they& #39;re to be expected.

Most people are in them. We always have been. They& #39;re warm & soft & cozy & familiar

But when an intruder comes in, you act like an immune system & burn yourself up trying to exterminate dissenting thought
Twitter is actually extremely pleasant after spending quite a bit of time cleaning up your feed, applying filters, and showing fewer "suggestions".

But it could still be better. Not just for our sanity, but for healthy conversations & debates that allow us to grow as people.
Let& #39;s end this thread getting back on topic: Reddit is receding. It& #39;s splitting into splinters. It& #39;s eroding at the edges. It& #39;s bonkered-wonked.

Reddit. Is. Broken.

To fix it, we should start building micro-communities with decentralized frameworks.

It& #39;s time for change.

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