IAmA mods no longer willing to work for reddit for free - eviltoast
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Will this undermine most of what makes IAmA special? Probably. But Reddit leadership has all the funds they need to hire people to perform those extra tasks we formerly undertook as volunteer moderators, and we’d be happy to collaborate with them if they choose to do so.

  • howrar@lemmy.caEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Your hard work is rewarded with a home for your community. Sounds very worthwhile if you all me. That’s very different from work that gets rewarded by lining the pockets of shareholders.

      • howrar@lemmy.caEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        Or so they thought until the Reddit admins told them they actually don’t have any authority over their community and can’t run it the way the community wants.

    • Robaque@feddit.itEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      Also the prospect of profit would just pull in the wrong kinds of people.

      Tbh moderation is one of those things AI might be able to do pretty well, at least sometime down the line.