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And make 25% of the volunteer mods soft-quite/rage-quit. The people who most need tools & help to make Reddit a good place are just getting totally completely
by rektide 3y ago
And make 25% of the volunteer mods soft-quite/rage-quit.
The people who most need tools & help to make Reddit a good place are just getting totally completely hosed by Reddit's API changes. All around the internet, we're seeing so many new moats & fief-makings.
- sharts 3y agowhy does anyone volunteer for that?
- EForEndeavour 3y agoDesire for power, authority, importance, respect, I'd imagine.
- tsss 3y agoCause then they can ban whoever they want that doesn't agree with them. Also, I'm sure that some of the powermods get paid to promote posts on their subreddit.
- baud147258 3y agospend enough time in a (virtual) location and you might want to help improve the place/keep it tidy, or at least help the current owners/maintainers because you enjoy spending time there. Or it can be just some ego/power trip.
- throw2022110401 3y agoFor better or worse a lot of us have been passionate about the sub-communities we were involved in and we thought that our contributions were valued by the site.