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Reddit CEO Defends His Absurdly High Pay While Not Paying Mods (futurism.com)

submitted 8 months ago by catculation@lemmy.zip to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] spiderman@ani.social 22 points 8 months ago (1 children)

But I see no evidence that an organized effort took place.

Reddit blackout protest clearly made us understand that if we do any sort of resistance against them they don't think twice replacing the current mods with new ones even if that can affect the subreddit. At this point, they see Reddit as a cash cow and not a people's forum. If they didn't, we wouldn't be speaking here in lemmy.

[–] 100_kg_90_de_belin@feddit.it 17 points 8 months ago (1 children)

That's the same problem that workers in Victorian factories faced. We can call them "scabs", but they're people who aren't conscious about their role in an economic scenario or they simply side with the employer out of habit, conditioning or alleged self-interest.

[–] spiderman@ani.social 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

idt they are similar. idt mods should be paid. bringing monetary benefits might be nice but i think it will turn moderating as a means of income. people moderate subreddits out of their passion or that subreddit theme might be their hobby and making it monetary will be a disaster.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

but i think it will turn moderating as a means of income

Only if they are paid enough to make it an income.

If they are paid, for example, an annual stipend which reflects their work but isn't enough to make it a daily job, that would be a huge step in the right direction. You could even make it depend on the size of the subreddit since bigger ones take a lot more work than smaller ones... but never enough to actually live on.

I think a lot of moderators would be very happy to get a couple of thousand dollars a year for their work.