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This was precisely my first thought when I read this. For the price that Reddit will charge, Apollo's author could easily recreate Reddit and take advantage of
by dom96 3y ago
This was precisely my first thought when I read this. For the price that Reddit will charge, Apollo's author could easily recreate Reddit and take advantage of Apollo's user base to seed that community.
- MichaelZuo 3y agoHiring a few hundred competent mods, plus management, can easily triple that figure, so it would likely need some serious backing.
- rusticpenn 3y agoMods work for free on reddit
- MichaelZuo 3y agoThey work, for free as it appears from the company's accounting department, but they are earning money through other means. My hunch is that the Apollo founder would be unwilling to participate in the same schemes.
- velcrovan 3y agoAs a moderator on reddit, I can assure you it is in no way lucrative. It is just another thankless chore with no monetary upsides.
- dmonitor 3y agoon a default subreddit or a niche hobby forum?
- velcrovan 3y agonot a default one, but does it matter? what's the play here?
- MichaelZuo 3y agoThe default ones have mods that earn money, which would likely need to be factored in to an Apollo style replacement, that's the point.
- johnnyanmac 3y agoThey make money, but not in an official capacity (and perhaps, not even in a way that complies with Reddit TOS).