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As moderator of Reddit, now I question myself why I am doing it for free.
by lawgimenez 4y ago
As moderator of Reddit, now I question myself why I am doing it for free.
- ausudhz 4y agoFor the glory
- rocketpastsix 4y agofor the lulz
- thrown_22 4y agoFor the ability to ban anyone who tells you you're wasting your life.
- xeromal 4y agoA mild bit of power
- notacop31337 4y agoWhilst mild, a much too vulgar display of power.
- howenterprisey 4y agobecause you value the continued existence/wellbeing of the community
- lawgimenez 4y agoI agree, but at least a little compensation will do. Like free Reddit premium or something.
- potency 4y agoCareful, if too many people start thinking like this reddit's entire business model built on free labor collapses.
- Gigachad 4y agoReddit mods largely aren’t doing it for nothing. They are doing it for social power and the ability to control the conversation for communities. Just think about what it means to be top mod of a cities subreddit. You can trivially just delete conversations you don’t like.
- heisenbit 4y agoOr you can get great conversations going, help struggling strangers get up and become pillars of their communities. Which sometimes requires deleting snarking comments, ban aggressive repeat rule offenders and deal with occasional personal attacks. Moderators have powers, use power and are often not at liberty to reveal all what went into their decisions. Moderation on any scale is however a team effort and is then subject to scrutiny, discussion and review. Power tripping moderators will be removed by the team and in communities with a sole moderator who is on a power trip it will not thrive.
- tralarpa 4y ago> deleting snarking comments, ban aggressive repeat rule offenders and deal with occasional personal attacks Where is this mysterious subreddit, where such incredible, almost magical, things happen? Are we really talking about reddit here?
- satvikpendem 4y ago/r/AskHistorians, /r/askscience, /r/science etc
- Gigachad 4y agoSubreddits thrive mostly based on their name. If a power tripping mod gets on top position of a good name, there is very little you can do. You can try to start an alternative but all new users will go to the other one.
- dzikimarian 4y ago
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- Aleksdev 4y agoYeah, that sounds like a nightmare.
- gempir 4y agoReddit Moderators, Forum Moderators, Chat Moderators, Blog Writers, Open Source Developers. The Internet is built on a lot of great people doing things for free. That doesn't have to be a bad thing if you are okay with it. But always make sure you feel good about what you are doing. If you get enjoyment or a sense of accomplishment (to quote EA) out of it then it's no worse than playing a video game or watching a tv show.
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- kybernetyk 4y agoBecause of the power you have over other people? Why else would one become a moderator on an Internet forum.
- lawgimenez 4y agoI’ve been a mod for less than 3 months, someone just needs help moderating. Not sure if I agree about power, majority of users in our sub are kids and they can get wild if not moderated.
- heisenbit 4y agoBecause you were asked. When standing out in a forum and demonstrating consistency, responsibility and supporting attitude you may get asked. Larger boards are like organization with promotions. Abuse of power won‘t earn you one. There are steering structures. Sometime one has to adjust what moderators do and have a discussion on what happened. Occasionally one has to kick a moderator out. If you don‘t know why people help strangers then this may be worth a thing to investigate for you.
- nicbou 4y agoTo me it felt like volunteering to keep the community running smoothly. However it makes you an especially visible member of that community, especially to its worst elements. The constant hostility and eventually the harrassment made me step down. Now I watch other moderators go through the same motions. People are absolutely vile to them, all over a tiny internet forum.
- laxis96 4y agoI would consider Reddit a bit more than a `tiny internet forum`, even thought many topic-specific subreddits are way less useful than an actual forum would be... The problem with mods is that some of them behave badly enough and go on power trips banning people for their own enjoyment and making tantrums, thus giving a bad rep to the whole category, including those who are actually good people with sane principles.
- ilyt 4y agoManipulating public views ? Feeling of power ? Love for a hobby, Every other reason will eventually disappear.