The community's moderators have since made the tool's configuration page publicly viewable, nixing most of the auto-ban subjects in the process. "We messed up, and we are sorry," community moderator Pharnaces_II explained. "The mods directly responsible for this system are no longer part of the team and the new team is committed to maintaining a transparent style of moderation." Fixing the AutoModerator tool is only the first step, though: former moderators have outlined the hot mess of power struggles, policy disagreements and staffing issues that caused /r/technology to lose its status.

Reddit's message the community's moderators (presented to the public in a imgur link) outlines the road to recovery pretty clearly, at least. "If you can manage to look past your petty squabbles, add new moderators (there needs to be a significant increase in active mods), and function as a team we might consider adding you back." Sounds like a solid gameplan to us. Check out the links below to peek at the moderator's own comments on the issue and a deeper look at the drama surrounding it.