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Notice how everything has to go through a moderator. Is that a legal thing? Does it insulate Reddit from liability somehow?
by pyuser583 3y ago
Notice how everything has to go through a moderator.
Is that a legal thing? Does it insulate Reddit from liability somehow?
- Havoc 3y agoUnpaid volunteers are a great deal for Reddit. Unless they’re rebellious of course Legal no, but it does outsource modding decisions and blowbacks to a third party which solves a bunch of problems for Reddit. Eg having two diametrically opposed subs both run by Reddit staff would be tricky. If it’s 3rd party then problem solved - no conflict. So they really want to hang on to this mod setup both for financial benefits and above. Just with more compliant ones
- meepmorp 3y agoModerators keep the site going, and they work for free. It's a cheap way of handling a task thing.