kingthrillgore@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 hours agoReddit is making sitewide protests basically impossiblewww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square200fedilinkarrow-up1488arrow-down17cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected]
arrow-up1481arrow-down1external-linkReddit is making sitewide protests basically impossiblewww.theverge.comkingthrillgore@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 hours agomessage-square200fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected]
minus-squaremerclinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up59·2 hours agoIt’s amazing to me that so many people are willing to work as unpaid moderators so that Reddit’s investors can make more money.
minus-squareByteOnBikes@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·47 minutes agoThere was this one post for a call for mods about “doing a social good for the community”. Like bro, this is a video game subreddit. And you’re doing it for free, to help another dude get really rich.
minus-squareIlovethebomb@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15arrow-down2·1 hour agoIdeally, it would be because they care for the community they moderate, which I believe is the reason most mods do it. Then you have creatures like awkwardtheturtle, who knows what motivates them.
minus-squarefluxc0@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 minutes agoit’s power. power motivates and corrupts.
It’s amazing to me that so many people are willing to work as unpaid moderators so that Reddit’s investors can make more money.
There was this one post for a call for mods about “doing a social good for the community”.
Like bro, this is a video game subreddit. And you’re doing it for free, to help another dude get really rich.
Ideally, it would be because they care for the community they moderate, which I believe is the reason most mods do it.
Then you have creatures like awkwardtheturtle, who knows what motivates them.
it’s power. power motivates and corrupts.