I had a feeling last week that this was the only plausible outcome. Reddit would have to be incompetent to not assess volunteer moderation as a potential risk w

I had a feeling last week that this was the only plausible outcome. Reddit would have to be incompetent to not assess volunteer moderation as a potential risk with treatment. The worst possible outcome for Reddit was they start paying people to moderate their largest, most visible subreddits. That’s maybe a dozen or two mods (a few years back 5 mods ran a large percentage of the top subs). The volunteer mods like to act like they’re mission critical and irreplaceable. Reddit is quickly showing most of them that’s not true. Even arguments like “Facebook spends $500m annually on moderation fall flat”. Reddit can continue to rely on volunteers until subs gain critical mass. Even then, the moderation problem seems far easier on Reddit. It’s really looking like Reddit is going to get through this while ridding itself of 3PA (rip) and non-compliant mods.