Perhaps now, with the mod drama behind it, the subreddit can get back to doing what it does best: YOLOing on some random meme stock. Reddit moderators are not paid for their roles, and active communities like r/wallstreetbets can be extremely time consuming to moderate. When reached for comment, a Reddit spokesperson confirmed the message from sodypop was sent to r/wallstreetbets moderators Thursday, but decline to comment further. We understand many will be upset with our decisions today, however it was clear to us an intervention was necessary for the continued health of the r/wallstreetbets community." "Those are our expectations moving forward. "Our decision today was not an easy one, as we generally expect moderators to work their differences out as a unified team," wrote sodypop. SEE ALSO: Reddit's WallStreetBets is crowdfunding a Super Bowl ad to 'sh*t' on Robinhood The message, which was sent Thursday to all r/wallstreetbets mods, is sure to be a controversial one - a reality acknowledged by sodypop. "For the same reason, we can no longer permit u/zjz, or any of the mods we removed today, to be a part of this moderator team under their current or alternate accounts." "After reviewing this situation based on input from both current and past moderators, we have decided to remove several moderators at the top of the list that were creating instability in the community," read the message from sodypop, a Reddit employee. Whatever the true motivation behind the mod purge, Reddit apparently had enough. Allegedly, with dollar signs in their eyes, inactive moderators had come out of retirement to mass ban the active mods on the subreddit in an effort to wrest control.
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In a message sent to the subreddit moderators, a Reddit employee said the site had booted several top moderators.Īt issue was an apparent play to capitalize on the subreddit's record-breaking pageviews and talk of movie deals. After a moderator dispute threatened to tear apart the popular subreddit r/wallstreetbets, Reddit itself was forced to step in to stop the bleeding.