"*Blank* is only there to be stolen."
I have a question. The Mods have been using a particular phrase liberally on the subreddit. When I see this phrase, I perceive it as a threat, so I'd like to open the floor here. If I said something along the lines of "Your life is only there to be stolen" or "Your life is My Property", would any of you perceive these phrases as a threat against you or your property?
I don't care about law or rules one way or another, but Reddit has rules. Rules that, if the mods are breaking them, puts our entire community here on Reddit at risk, and that's a problem in my opinion. What happens if and when the mods get reported for the threats these statements represent?
The current mod team should dissolve, and then everyone registered to the subreddit should be given mod privileges. Firstly, it's an unjustified heirarchy. They clearly don't know how to operate a subreddit appropriately and are putting the rest of our presence here at risk, we would be better off if all members of the community had equal say in moderator matters. Secondly, I didn't consent to be moderated by people who are obviously stupider than I am. And thirdly, the fact that there's a mod team at all is antithetical to egoism in the first place. If the mods aren't going to be held to account for using language that can be perceived as a threat, then the community should operate the subreddit, not a group of moderators, because the moment they fuck something up, the whole thing goes up in smoke because a few morons held the keys.
Give us all the keys.