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I would think there are still plenty people who like having the power of being a "moderator" and would be willing to do it for free. So even though reddit lost plenty of mods, there will still be people who'd continue doing it.
Lots of mod also can't let go the community they spend years to build. Not an easy task to just leave. Though i know of some that already partially leave the platform and only occasionally check it
That's true as well. I understand the emotional connection I would have had if I was part of the community from the beginning. It is not easy to build communities and also be responsible for it. I was not pointing at such folks.
Yes. A bit like giving a slave a whip to look after other slaves.
The quality went down, though.
Because the ones doing the best jobs were leveraging the hell out of third party tools to make their jobs easier.
Probably the same folks who think that Xitter is better under Muskrats leadership.
No, just loving power.
I mean how many people volunteer to moderate Facebook. Once the site is mainsteam and fundamentally uncool to have a job at, few in their right mind are going to give up their time for free.
Yep. But that is something that we have to wait and see. Understanding people has become tricky nowadays. Reddit may as well use bots for moderation and project them as actual users to show a false narrative. Anyways we'll just have to wait and see what happens.