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I ran from Reddit because I'm trying to avoid big US tech monopolies in favor of smaller, less monopolistic goods and services. I'm happy with drinking my local brand of cola, using European email and cloud storage providers and getting my share of news and commentary from Fediverse sources. Works out great for me.
I think power-tripping moderators is exactly what the web needs. I loved the age of bulletin boards. Maybe it's nostalgia, but I remember the quality of discourse being significantly higher on those moderated platforms. And more importantly, the number of low-quality posts, trolls etc was way lower, because someone would correctly identify bullshit and just delete it.
I agree with one caveat: that’s not power tripping. That’s just good moderation.