Comment on Reddit is making sitewide protests basically impossible

merc@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

• ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  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.

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• Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  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.

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  • dditty@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    I would assume Awkward is motivated by narcissism and/or because they’re a power-hungry freakazoid, but who knows? 🤷

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    • ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      I learned if you Google “fertility doctors who used own sperm”, there isn’t one or two incidents. It’s A LOT.

      I don’t understand why anybody would do such a disgusting thing. but it helps me understand narcissism and power hungry behavior.

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  • fluxc0@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    it’s power. power motivates and corrupts.

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• JackbyDev@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  If all mods quit that’d be perfect. Reddit has shown they’ll replace mods when they actually need to (or want to). But if no regular users wanted to pick it up then they’d have to pay admins to moderate. I don’t think we’ll see it though. There’s always going to be someone who wants it enough who has enough time for whatever reason.

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  • merc@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Reddit has shown they’ll replace mods when they actually need to (or want to).

    But, their business model doesn’t work unless those mods are working for free. So, while they may replace mods, unless people keep signing up to work for free to help a for-profit company deliver value to its shareholders, eventually it’s going to collapse.

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