Asmongold, a founding member of OTK, claims that this new way of compiling posts can be invasive to the way posts are viewed, further stating that he believes mods are overstepping with their influence on the flow of content published on subreddits:
Asmongold criticizes Reddit mods for being “annoying”
During his rant on the subject, Asmongold describes how moderators aren’t supposed to make huge decisions for the subreddits they inhabit, instead they should only make sure that posts follow guidelines:
He then goes even further in disparaging the mod’s role on Reddit, claiming that they are nothing more than a janitor:
This impromptu rant certainly makes it seem like the topic has been on Asmongold’s mind recently, and it all happened to boil over while on stream. As Asmondgold mentioned, the trend of meagathreads has started being used on the subreddit r/LivestreamFail, having been used to compile the various posts about any one drama into a single place.
According to the subreddit, they do this to have a main page that isn’t flooded with the same topic spread across posts.
It seems like users on LSF are finding it useful, as people can find the full context of one drama in chronological order instead of wading through a sea of unorginized posts. Some took to the comments section of the clip on the subreddit to share their views on the megathreads and to share their jokes:
So all in all, it seems like the majority opinion on Reddit is that they appreciate the megathreads giving a better sense of organization when it comes to large scale topics that have posts spanning over multiple days. This is in direct conflict with Asmongold’s beliefs, as he wants a more free and open subreddit cultivated by the community and not filtered by mods. It will be interesting to see if Asmongold continues denouncing megathreads, or if he will take back the rant and apologize.
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