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I would have to say yes, based on my recent personal experience. I have encountered moderators with their own weird axe to grind disrupting the entire subreddit. Many or most contributors make simple comments, not very much more complicated than "me too", or repeat myths, urban legends or common knowledge, but pretending to expertise.

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That happened to be the same experience I had with "my" "moderator".

Behavior like this should not be carpeted over with PR "here's how we're going to fix things" announcements, like the one they advertised today and/or yesterday. At the very least, Reddit moderators need some extent to the control they have and repercussions for crossing lines when done so. It's really too bad, because the platform could be so much more. Instead, it's either cute animal photos or some of the worst toxicity you can find online.

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