kingthrillgore@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agoReddit is making sitewide protests basically impossiblewww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square165fedilinkarrow-up1928arrow-down119cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1909arrow-down1external-linkReddit is making sitewide protests basically impossiblewww.theverge.comkingthrillgore@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square165fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squaremerc@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up95·5 months 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-down1·5 months 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-up8·5 months agoI would assume Awkward is motivated by narcissism and/or because they’re a power-hungry freakazoid, but who knows? 🤷
minus-squarefluxc0@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 months 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.