kingthrillgore@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 hours agoReddit is making sitewide protests basically impossiblewww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square227fedilinkarrow-up1578arrow-down19cross-posted to: ghazi@lemmy.blahaj.zonereddit@lemmy.worldquarks@startrek.website
arrow-up1569arrow-down1external-linkReddit is making sitewide protests basically impossiblewww.theverge.comkingthrillgore@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 hours agomessage-square227fedilinkcross-posted to: ghazi@lemmy.blahaj.zonereddit@lemmy.worldquarks@startrek.website
minus-squaremerc@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up78·4 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-up14·3 hours 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-up19arrow-down2·3 hours 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-squareditty@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 hours agoI would assume Awkward is motivated by narcissism and/or because they’re a power-hungry freakazoid, but who knows? 🤷
minus-squarefluxc0@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 hours 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.
I would assume Awkward is motivated by narcissism and/or because they’re a power-hungry freakazoid, but who knows? 🤷
it’s power. power motivates and corrupts.