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Replacing the entire moderation team of 5000+ subs is not a practical solution and Reddit admins know it (kbin.social)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Which is why /u/jailbaitlover I mean /u/spez is sending the message that they would gladly give total power to whatever mod crosses the picket line so they can boot the rest.

If Reddit had to replace all these mods it would be complete chaos and is not much better than the blackout. They will see the same exact problems Twitter has seen since they fired most of their content moderators.

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (5 children)

It’s beyond my understanding why someone would moderate a subreddit for free for a for-profit organization.

I thought moderators were paid or something. It’s literally working for free. I don’t get it.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Two reasons:

The desire to shepherd a vibrant community of people around a subject that is important to you
Dick swinging

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

Replacing a lot of mods at once is going to result in a lot more of the latter and eliminate a lot of the former.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Third and most likely reason: you got involved in the early days with something that was really small, but mushroomed to become something really big.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I would classify that as a subset of my first bullet point, but it's not an unreasonable distinction.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

It's volunteer work, which some people enjoy. Much like being a volunteer firefighter or member of a local club. I have modded across Discord, Twitch and also Reddit (for a short amount of time) and there is a certain joy it brings you. You get to care for a forum in which people like you discuss your favorite topics. You get to keep your own community clean and happy. And having that power and responsibility does give one a lot of joy. Think about it like it's parenting. Nobody is gonna pay you for having kids (in fact you're gonna lose a bunch of money), but when they succeed in life it makes you extremely happy.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

I used to be a volunteer moderator for a non-reddit site. I did it because I liked the place and wanted to keep the asshattery down to a dull roar so the people who weren't shitposting would stick around.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

They care about the topic; or they like the feeling of being in charge of thousands of people; or both.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I did it, albeit a very small community. I cared enough about the topic to give other people dealing with similar things some space to build a community. Mine was luckily mostly dead, since I don't care about building a base or keeping it going, but it served well for its time. Anyone who thinks modding is anything but a labor of love doesn't make for a very good mod.