Andy Bohan #Underdogs  🇮🇪

You know what's weird? That most things in the gaming space have evolved to paid and more professional positions. Except forum (reddit) moderation. We're somehow ok with this being unpaid work who's only reward is power. Which inevitably can attract the wrong people. What?

It's really rather strange how this part of the internet somehow remained locked in the 1999 status quo if you stop and think about it for more than 2 seconds.

Doesn't reddit struggle to turn a profit already without paying mods though?

I have no idea about the back end financials of Reddit. What I do know though is that volunteer work + real tangible power is a terrible and toxic mix. Because that power becomes the actual reward for people. Which inevitably leads to all sorts of abuses given enough time.

Yeah don't get me wrong I entirely agree - I think as it stands you are either a masochist or wanting to power trip if you want to become a reddit mod for a large subreddit. Maybe communities could crowd fund rewards for mods.