And, on top of that, the mods of the most hyper political, hyper propagandist subs - r/politics, r/worldnews, r/whitepeopletwitter, etc - curiously didn't participate in the blackout.
In fact, with lots of the other subs not clogging up the toppage, it seemed like there was more crap from those subs up on top than usual.
New mods would be the same as the old but even more compliant.
And, on top of that, the mods of the most hyper political, hyper propagandist subs - r/politics, r/worldnews, r/whitepeopletwitter, etc - curiously didn't participate in the blackout.
In fact, with lots of the other subs not clogging up the toppage, it seemed like there was more crap from those subs up on top than usual.
Sigh, you have a point.
I don't see how any new mods could possibly be even worse, so downsides are zero - and the incredible seething would be a huge upside.