> But they do have to employ moderators Nit-pick...."moderators" (the ones with the diamonds next to their names) are not employees, they're elected from the

> But they do have to employ moderators Nit-pick...."moderators" (the ones with the diamonds next to their names) are not employees, they're elected from the community and are unpaid volunteers (I used to be one on SO). There are staff members who have mod diamonds, but they're employed to do other things such as development, community management etc.