The wording implies it was a Reddit admin, but I'm willing to bet it was actually one of /r/IAmA's moderators
> I immediately edited the post (without being asked, and which the moderators themselves had not seen fit to modify despite their concerns)
Subreddit moderators cannot modify other users' posts. Reddit admins can, but (as far as I know) that's only happened once, and there was a pretty big shitstorm over it
Doesn’t know how moderation works on Reddit. Doesn’t understanding subreddits. Doesn’t understand that “Reddit” didn’t do this. Doesn’t understand that you can post an AMA on any popular subreddit (not just r/IAmA) and still get to the front page. Doesn’t understand that r/IAmA has been the source of a site wide moderator revolt in the past that resulted in a blackout of most of Reddit. Doesn’t know how to read the footer of a website to contact Reddit’s community team which are likely to be able to help faster than any other employees, including the CEO
The problem is that Reddit Admins have glommed onto IAmA as a celebrity vehicle, including providing Reddit resources (e.g. helpers for celebrities) to strongly blur the line between independent moderators and official actions. The admins are trying to have their cake and eat it too ("hey... this is official Celebrity Admin-sanctioned reddit... but if there's a problem, nothing we can do, it's not us, it's the mods").
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[ 4.0 ms ] story [ 23.6 ms ] threadThe wording implies it was a Reddit admin, but I'm willing to bet it was actually one of /r/IAmA's moderators
> I immediately edited the post (without being asked, and which the moderators themselves had not seen fit to modify despite their concerns)
Subreddit moderators cannot modify other users' posts. Reddit admins can, but (as far as I know) that's only happened once, and there was a pretty big shitstorm over it
In short, "Doesn't realize that subreddit moderators can basically do whatever they want with their subreddit"