On reddit there were powermods, who manipulate hundreds of subs by removing posts that made good karma and then reposting them themselves and removing any kind of unwanted discussion (backed by the admins).
On the fediverse, we have power users that seem to post a lot, but it’s mostly because nobody else wants to post for some reason (not counting news comms that use bots or scripted users to automatically post).
Sometimes a mod powertrips or we learn that someone is trying to manipulate a comm, so usually the instance owners just kick then out… And if it turns out they are backed by the owner, then people call it out and usually the instance gets defederated.
There are consequences in the fediverse, so mods/owners are usually more careful about it and the power posters don’t go around removing posts to pass then as their own to farm karma.
On reddit there were powermods, who manipulate hundreds of subs by removing posts that made good karma and then reposting them themselves and removing any kind of unwanted discussion (backed by the admins).
On the fediverse, we have power users that seem to post a lot, but it’s mostly because nobody else wants to post for some reason (not counting news comms that use bots or scripted users to automatically post).
Sometimes a mod powertrips or we learn that someone is trying to manipulate a comm, so usually the instance owners just kick then out… And if it turns out they are backed by the owner, then people call it out and usually the instance gets defederated.
There are consequences in the fediverse, so mods/owners are usually more careful about it and the power posters don’t go around removing posts to pass then as their own to farm karma.