Reddit Moderators Payment
The cluster debates whether Reddit should compensate its volunteer moderators for their unpaid labor, which is crucial to moderating communities, versus arguments that mods gain power or enjoyment and Reddit couldn't afford to pay them.
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shouldnt mods be paid to do the work of reddit, in moderating reddit subs?
Goes the other way. Reddit isn't paying the mods who run these communities. Without all this unpaid labor, the site can not function.
You do know that Reddit doesn’t pay for moderation but uses an army of volunteers?
Because the moderators provide (unpaid) labor for Reddit (or SO, to make the parallel with another post where you are asking the same question).
Is there any way Reddit could support mods using the funds without paying them for moderation?
People moderate on Reddit because they enjoy doing so. The mods may complain about not getting paid, but they'll continue moderating anyways. If they don't, then other people will actively volunteer to take their place.
Reddit wouldn't be what it is without mods.Good luck finding people that will work for free without a sense of ownership.
Reddit moderators are volunteers, it’s an unpaid position.
Many of the moderators get paid. Just not by reddit.
Reddit is built on free labor from mods. Without the mods they would have to pay people to moderate thousands (hundreds of thousands?) of communities. Most mods use old reddit on desktop or third party apps on mobile because their app and new site suck for modding. Alienating the mods means their subreddits go to shit, and reddit exists for content. Doesn't sounds like a 'win' to me.