But because of how Reddit is set up, every single subreddit is either afflicted by or susceptible to vote manipulation, power-tripping mods who want to shape the discourse in their own image, "downvoting to disagree" and a slew of other problems.This is the same with any online forum, including this one. The most socially inept and deranged people on the planet become mods and use their "power" to exert control over the only thing they can in their lives.