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So an extremely large for-profit entity is organizing a group of people, giving them things to do that help the company, but isn't actually paying them anything
by MentatOnMelange 10y ago
So an extremely large for-profit entity is organizing a group of people, giving them things to do that help the company, but isn't actually paying them anything?
This makes unpaid internships look like charity initiatives.
- ljk 10y agocrazy thing is there'll be enough people that want to do it to keep it going..
- NDizzle 10y agoReminds me of the Ultima Online Counselor's program. http://www.uoguide.com/Counselor#U.S._Counselor_Program_Demise http://www.uoguide.com/Counselor#U.S._Counselor_Program_Demi...
- vintermann 10y agoModerators will get paid, one way or another. Whatever you pay them with, you will get the kind of moderators who like that as payment. For some people, the power to filter for others is the best payment they could want. I'm heartened by how many of the nice, kid-friendly youtubers I follow who nonetheless have already spoken up about this terrible idea.
- aerovistae 10y agoBut I mean, isn't that how reddit moderation works? And all of stack exchange? Why is that okay and this isn't?
- ManlyBread 10y agoReddit moderation is very dysfunctional, especially since a large part of the job is automated and the criteria for getting banned are largely unknown to the masses.
- bipson 10y agoThat does not in any remote way answer his question though.
- thecatspaw 10y agoreddit moderation is more like the owner of a channel deleting videos or comments.
- vetinari 10y agoModerators on non-technical forums are paid by NGOs, where their function is to "manage social media relations" or something similar.