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.

  • Francisco@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    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.

    • slampisko@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      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.

    • Greenskye@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      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.