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Re:r/ProgrammerHumor will be shutting down to protest Reddit... by Macha on Thursday June 08, 2023 @08:20PM (#36251325)
I mean, there's plenty of people lining up to have the "authority" of an internet mod, but not so many that can be trusted not to set up their own petty dictatorship or get bored when they realise what mods actually mostly do.
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Re:r/ProgrammerHumor will be shutting down to protest Reddit... by stevenwliao on Thursday June 08, 2023 @08:41PM (#36251529)
Can confirm as a subreddit mod.

The day to day is mostly deciding whether borderline comments should be removed and whether a post contains too much self-promotion.

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Re:r/ProgrammerHumor will be shutting down to protest Reddit... by unsupp0rted on Friday June 09, 2023 @02:51AM (#36254247)
Why do you do it?
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Re:r/ProgrammerHumor will be shutting down to protest Reddit... by faeriechangling on Friday June 09, 2023 @03:07AM (#36254359)
Not the same person, but one perk is you can influence a chunk of people just by abusing things like stickies.
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Re:r/ProgrammerHumor will be shutting down to protest Reddit... by stevenwliao on Friday June 09, 2023 @04:15AM (#36254843)
People are so cynical on HN lol- see my sibling comment.

I like Internet communities and am willing to volunteer some time to help some be more successful.

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