I mean... It’s technically true, but unfair. Back then you could add anyone to moderate your subreddit and they didn’t need to accept, they were just made a moderator. He, and every other high profile person on Reddit, were probably listed as a moderator in thousands of subreddits back then.
There’s plenty to hate Spez for (like allowing the subreddit to exist in the first place).
One thing I loved will be able filter my front page to top of the last hour. This kind of forces a new front page fast every time you look at it rather than seeing the same thing until pages fall off the from