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Re:I'm Resigning as a Stack Overflow Community Elected Moder... by MauranKilom on Friday October 18, 2019 @01:34PM (#21293360)
> who cares? "I already have what I needed from you guys" is what execs are thinking.

To be clear, this (perceived) exec sentiment you describe is why moderators are resigning/suspending activities. And given that, this sentiment seems incredibly short-sighted.

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Re:I'm Resigning as a Stack Overflow Community Elected Moder... by ohduran on Saturday October 19, 2019 @03:10PM (#21300149)
my understanding is that they're resigning because of how unbearable the experience as a moderator is, aka not being taken into account when taking strategy decisions. They are nonetheless not part of the SO ecosystem, and thus they are not accountable for their advice, which is a perfect reason for SO execs to not pay attention to them.

This is I believe a call for self-importance. "Look at us, we matter". And execs have long being saying "no, not really". Who is right in the end, that escapes me. I lean towards those who are getting a paycheck out of it, but that's just my point of view.

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