This subreddit was the result of a hobby that I took a bit too far. Admittedly, I was in a slight manic state at the time of advocating most of my ideas for this Watchdog thing. But anyway, here are some Q&A's I thought up while reading through everyone's comments. I hope you guys (especially the guys from SRC and WRD) can learn from my mistakes.

Anyway, I'll probably keep this sub up for posterity.

At the end of the day, could a watchdog system possibly help reddit?*

Yes.

Can I do it without being a webadmin or sysadmin at reddit?

Probably not.

Am I happy that there is still mod abuse on reddit?

Well, it's not my obligation to deal with that shit. I'll let the admins deal with that and we can be on our merry way.

Do I think that it's a dirty world?

Yes -- no one cares about you except for your family. Maybe your girlfriend as well. That's a pretty shitty generalisation, but you get the point. People don't want to hang around losers, which is why they'll ditch your ass as soon as you have nothing (emotionally, financially) to offer them. People try to create value for themselves to create leverage -- if you have money, you have power, and if you have good looks, you'll have better luck with relationships than your uglier peers. Reddit is no different.

There is no incentive for me to keep developing this watchdog project due to the lack of resources I have and lack of intellectual stimulation/financial motive that it gives me. Not to mention, the large number of moderators that clearly despise the idea and have downvoted me into oblivion.

Do I think that things are ever going to change on reddit?

Probably not, judging from the current state of things. Unless the people at reddit suddenly have a decent financial motive to do so, we can expect things to stay the same. But c'est la vie (such is life!).

Do I think that mod abuse is the only thing fucked up thing about the internet?

No. We have 9gag stealing content from reddit, a reasonable correlation between bragging on facebook status updates and measures of narcissism and dysfunctional personality measures, we have /r/TheRedPill, where people post pseudoscience to inadvertently transform people into dark triad personality types (while also asking them to go improve themselves, which is not a bad thing!), and many other things to boot.

Do I think that users should continue using reddit?

Yes, but use throwaway accounts and only post when absolutely needed, like when you need some exclusive information. If a subreddit restricts access based on posts/karma, find another source of information on the internet. If you want to look at self-indulgent content, there is reddit, 4chan, and whatever suits your fancy. But I would also suggest getting a hobby on top of the fake life that most people have on reddit (for example, you can learn about anatomy and apply it to strength training), so that when reddit shuts down, you're still worth two shits. And if you want to create an emotional connection with others online, always make sure there is a real-life substitute, as when reddit is DDoSed, who the hell are you going to have to talk to?

It's been fun, folks.

I have to keep reminding myself that reddit is yet another business that gets money from reddit gold purchases, ad revenue, sponsorships, and other things. To be honest, I don't know why I'm trying to fix someone else's business. For fun? I don't know anymore. It'd be much more feasible if I were an employee for reddit. But is that really something I want to be? Not really.