Lots of both bad moderators and bad moderation to go around, however:
In most cases, at the very least, the volunteer mods cared enough about the subject matter and community to at least do what they felt was a good job.
and
Again in most cases, subs with bad mods (for any reason) resulted in a choice for users, between subs. Meaning that power tripping mods could find themselves running an empty sub after users left en masse for a very similar sub, out from under their heavy hand.
In contrast, in the case of this latest shakeup, mods are appointed, have no attachment to the community or the subject matter, let alone to the way things were done before. Further, this has happened mostly on major subs and very quickly, which didn’t leave time for alternative communities to organically form to accommodate the departing user base.
Lots of both bad moderators and bad moderation to go around, however:
and
In contrast, in the case of this latest shakeup, mods are appointed, have no attachment to the community or the subject matter, let alone to the way things were done before. Further, this has happened mostly on major subs and very quickly, which didn’t leave time for alternative communities to organically form to accommodate the departing user base.