From the post:
Also, thanks to reddit admins for pressuring me out of this position. I had the intention of appointing moderators democratically but they pretty much are forcing us to appoint mods today and I refuse to go against the principles that I promised the community that I'd be doing. Huge fucking let down and I apologize for it.
This gives the staff even more direct control than usual over the narrative IMO
I take a less harsh view, it sounds like he was absolutely being rushed or abused by the staff. I don't like this idea of some ordinary person just trying to make an alternative to the cringe, then getting demands from above to the extent that he's too stressed to function.
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