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Re:r/ProgrammerHumor will be shutting down to protest Reddit... by somsak2 on Thursday June 08, 2023 @08:46PM (#36251582)
Reddit can pay mods, just like every other social network does. Not rocket science, and if they did it just for the top ones, wouldn't cost that much.
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Re:r/ProgrammerHumor will be shutting down to protest Reddit... by CamelCaseName on Thursday June 08, 2023 @09:56PM (#36252158)
Reddit can largely automate moderation. It's not hard, but... there are a lot of not hard things that Reddit screws up.

If this was even 1 year ago, things would be different. But it's not.

(I moderate a major subreddit)

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Re:r/ProgrammerHumor will be shutting down to protest Reddit... by beezlewax on Friday June 09, 2023 @02:04AM (#36253891)
Why work for free?
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Re:r/ProgrammerHumor will be shutting down to protest Reddit... by unsupp0rted on Friday June 09, 2023 @02:56AM (#36254273)
If not paid in dollars, mods get paid in power and authority. Interacting with mods who accept power and authority as payment goes about how you’d expect.
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Re:r/ProgrammerHumor will be shutting down to protest Reddit... by CamelCaseName on Friday June 09, 2023 @08:05AM (#36256553)
Because I'm an idiot.

There is something wrong with me that in the 90-9-1 rule, I need to be the 1%. I see a forum, and I can't stop myself from commenting or posting. Getting invited to moderate happens naturally after that.

I wish I was the 90%.

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