kingthrillgore@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoReddit is making sitewide protests basically impossiblewww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square165fedilinkarrow-up1929arrow-down119cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1910arrow-down1external-linkReddit is making sitewide protests basically impossiblewww.theverge.comkingthrillgore@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square165fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squaremerc@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up95·1 year 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-squareIlovethebomb@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25arrow-down1·1 year 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-squaredditty@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 year agoI would assume Awkward is motivated by narcissism and/or because they’re a power-hungry freakazoid, but who knows? 🤷
minus-squarefluxc0@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year 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.
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.