As far as I can tell from this article [1] - The lonely work of moderating Hacker News (2019) - it's a full-time job. The article was discussed at length on HN

As far as I can tell from this article [1] - The lonely work of moderating Hacker News (2019) - it's a full-time job. The article was discussed at length on HN [2]. [1] https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-silicon-valley/the-lonely-work-of-moderating-hacker-news https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-silicon-valley/th... [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20643052 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20643052