I'm sorry but I don't know what to make of this. Of course harassment is terrible, but what the hell is going on? Last week a reddit thread discussing this lis

I'm sorry but I don't know what to make of this. Of course harassment is terrible, but what the hell is going on? Last week a reddit thread discussing this list was linked on HN, someone linked to a site where you could see deleted comments. There were a lot. But it was mainly people asking very reasonable questions and wondering out loud whether these "power mods" got paid, perhaps by advertisers or influencer agencies, because doing this kind of moderation is clearly way more than a full time job. Other deleted comments were wondering if those accounts were perhaps shared (again super sensible question given the amount of time it would cost). At the very worst some of the deletions devolved into wild speculations (as reddit is wont to). Point is, obviously they do get protection from the site. And apparently sometimes unreasonably so. Some stinky stuff is going on below the surface, is my feeling. Doesn't mean that person gets to be harassed, of course. Also, I don't really buy the mental health comparison to FB moderators. The latter is an absolute shit job, and it's done by anonymous teams of paid people. That doesn't really rhyme with being the most upvoted Reddit celebrity of all time, with their seemingly superhuman sense to post the juiciest meme at the most opportune time.