It doesn’t have to be volunteers. The organization running a forum can be a non-profit, and charge users for the maintenance costs. In the age of people paying

It doesn’t have to be volunteers. The organization running a forum can be a non-profit, and charge users for the maintenance costs. In the age of people paying to belong to a community via Patreon, Discord, Twitch, etc. it shouldn’t be hard. There’s a lot of road ahead in terms of learning how to develop transparent and Democratic online communities… but as the shitification of the internet becomes critical, it’s a necessity.