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> Paid moderation isn't usually something people are willing to pay for. Is there any reason to think that paid moderation wouldn't lead to its own (possibly w

> Paid moderation isn't usually something people are willing to pay for. Is there any reason to think that paid moderation wouldn't lead to its own (possibly worse) biases?

DFHippie 5y ago
I guess the reason would be that they could take away your pay.
- dane-pgp 5y ago
  But who is "they"? The one who pays the piper picks the tune.
martincmartin 5y ago
Hacker News has paid moderators, and seems to be higher signal than Reddit.
- short12 5y ago
  HN moderation is pretty terrible considering the slow amount of posts per day
  - joconde 5y ago
    What's wrong with it?
    - rnd0 5y ago
      What works on a slow / low volume site (HN) doesn't necessarily work well on a high volume site such as Reddit.
  - _-david-_ 5y ago
    Is that actually due to moderation?