The moderators were my reason for leaving reddit as well. It wasn't the only reason, but it was the straw that broke the camels back. I still creep over to reddit once in a while, but as soon as I'm there I'm instantly reminded of the many things I disliked there (the same jokes being repeated over and over, general hostility, down votes for any alternative opinions, etc.).
The moderators were what really did it for me though - in many cases, instead of letting someone know about a small mistake in a post or comment, it was instantly deleted, sometimes without explanation. Once I made a post which received about 40 up votes in about 30 minutes, before it was deleted by a mod for simply having "not good enough" content (isn't that what the voting system is for?!).
Since then I started my search for an alternative. Thankfully the drama with FPH pointed me to Snapzu and Voat (I was never invested in FPH at all, but I did see the many threads complaining about all of it). I tried Voat but noticed it was quickly flooded with all of the people from those subs, and with the rumors surrounding illegal activities on the site (such as child porn), I decided I didn't want to be associated with that site at all (especially at work). So I came to Snapzu and found exactly what I had been looking for.
The moderators were my reason for leaving reddit as well. It wasn't the only reason, but it was the straw that broke the camels back. I still creep over to reddit once in a while, but as soon as I'm there I'm instantly reminded of the many things I disliked there (the same jokes being repeated over and over, general hostility, down votes for any alternative opinions, etc.).
The moderators were what really did it for me though - in many cases, instead of letting someone know about a small mistake in a post or comment, it was instantly deleted, sometimes without explanation. Once I made a post which received about 40 up votes in about 30 minutes, before it was deleted by a mod for simply having "not good enough" content (isn't that what the voting system is for?!).
Since then I started my search for an alternative. Thankfully the drama with FPH pointed me to Snapzu and Voat (I was never invested in FPH at all, but I did see the many threads complaining about all of it). I tried Voat but noticed it was quickly flooded with all of the people from those subs, and with the rumors surrounding illegal activities on the site (such as child porn), I decided I didn't want to be associated with that site at all (especially at work). So I came to Snapzu and found exactly what I had been looking for.