powermod
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Noun edit
powermod (plural powermods)
- Alternative form of power mod
- 2017 February 1, Bryan Menegus, “Reddit Says Goodnight to 'Alt-Right' Community [Updates]”, in Gizmodo[1], archived from the original on 2023-05-31:
- Gizmodo reached out to one of Reddit's "powermods" who told us via email that he heard "they were encouraging users to go to some kind of 'bounty' site, where users collaborate to attempt to gather personal information on targets." If true, that description matches Chuck Johnson's WeSearchr, which was recently banned from Twitter.
- 2020 May 27, David Pierce, “How a screenshot started a fight that took over Reddit”, in Protocol[2], archived from the original on 2023-03-27:
- In this case, some users say they've identified a cabal of "PowerMods" who control everything that happens on Reddit and manipulate the platform to their advantage.
- 2020 July 9, Jason Koebler, “Incoherent Conspiracy Suggests Ghislaine Maxwell Is a Powerful Redditor”, in VICE[3], archived from the original on 2023-05-28:
- Post titles include: […] /u/maxwellhill the Reddit account with the 8th most link karma of all time, powermod of frontpage subs, first account to reach a million Karma, is/was operated by Ghislaine Maxwell.