• merc@sh.itjust.works
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    14 hours ago

    It’s amazing to me that so many people are willing to work as unpaid moderators so that Reddit’s investors can make more money.

    • JackbyDev@programming.dev
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      1 hour ago

      If all mods quit that’d be perfect. Reddit has shown they’ll replace mods when they actually need to (or want to). But if no regular users wanted to pick it up then they’d have to pay admins to moderate. I don’t think we’ll see it though. There’s always going to be someone who wants it enough who has enough time for whatever reason.

    • ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net
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      13 hours ago

      There was this one post for a call for mods about “doing a social good for the community”.

      Like bro, this is a video game subreddit. And you’re doing it for free, to help another dude get really rich.

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      13 hours ago

      Ideally, it would be because they care for the community they moderate, which I believe is the reason most mods do it.

      Then you have creatures like awkwardtheturtle, who knows what motivates them.

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        12 hours ago

        I would assume Awkward is motivated by narcissism and/or because they’re a power-hungry freakazoid, but who knows? 🤷

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          10 hours ago

          I learned if you Google “fertility doctors who used own sperm”, there isn’t one or two incidents. It’s A LOT.

          I don’t understand why anybody would do such a disgusting thing. but it helps me understand narcissism and power hungry behavior.