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Wait... this is how adult companies act? Adult companies do not depend on free labor to provide value. (I'm speaking about moderation in particular, but also t

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• AraceliHarker 3y ago
  Microsoft outsources Windows QA to amateurs called Windows Insiders for no compensation, right?
  • red-iron-pine 3y ago
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• maxk42 3y ago
  > Personally, I can't imagine a single moderator on Reddit continuing without being paid. Unfortunately, many of them are: Just not by reddit. Commanding the attention and eyeballs of in some cases millions of users is a big opportunity, and there are countless shady hangers-on trying to cash in on personal or financial relationships with reddit moderators. If every current reddit mod quit, the platform would only be overwhelmed by financially-motivated hucksters at an accelerated rate. And frankly, that's what reddit is encouraging by not supporting the moderators that actually give a shit about the platform and not their own pocketbooks. This will only accelerate the decline of quality of reddit.
• q1w2 3y ago
  Mods for very large subs often work as PR consultants that specifically push content on/off the front page for money - so they do get paid. The ones that continue to operate are presumably in this bucket. I also wonder if some large sub mods specifically use the API in order to carefully run their voting bot farms - but I'm not accusing anyone here.