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Reddit mods are calling for an ‘affordable return’ for third-party apps (www.theverge.com)
submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Some of Reddit’s most popular communities have posted open letters to the company with a series of requests regarding many key issues at the heart of the recent protests on the platform. They want a response by June 29th.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Why do the mods care so much? Can anyone point me to an explainer of how can mods monetize their modding? I also don't understand why I see people here on Lemmy modding dozens of communities or looking to be mods of communities their posting history says nothing of.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Why do you think it needs to be able to be monetized for people to care about modding? I would imagine that most good-faith mods are passionate about the communities they're modding and the subjects they're about, and they care about them because they want to see them thrive and not be overrun by bad actors.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

My cynical perspective comes from seeing some power grabbing greed here on Lemmy. Since I joined 2 weeks ago. It's also that I'm curious about it, without having ever modded, here or on Reddit.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'm sure some of them like the power. But many of them just don't want to leave their community (because let's face it, a lot of communities won't leave and don't care about the drama). They feel like they're losing a friend group. It's the same reason why people stay in shitty friend groups even when they're treated like crap. They don't want to be alone or to have to start over.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Thanks for the answer. That does sound like a pretty good motivation.