Controversial take, I don’t think mods need to be paid. You don’t have to be a mod, you’re actively choosing to be a moderator. If you aren’t getting paid for your work and dislike that, then don’t do it. There’s always going to be someone willing to do it for free, like a hobby.
I agree with you, and I think it’s a controversial take only in the activist spheres of western online intelligentsia, while frankly most of the world doesn’t think it’s a real problem in the grand scheme of things
Nope, disagree. I don’t think mods need to be payroll as full time staff, but I think the lack of compensation is what is contributing to reddit being shit.
Much like YouTube involves people who are willing to make content and drop it on YouTube for free, the truth is that most of the really high quality content would not be there if the creators couldn’t monetize their work, and that’s because their work costs time and money.
Reddit mods should be entitled to remuneration if the sub generates certain amounts of traffic and content, and then they should be entitled to a set percentage of advertising revenue generated from that sub.
Mods will be better, reddit will be better. Not great, because that asshat spez is still there, but better.
Controversial take, I don’t think mods need to be paid. You don’t have to be a mod, you’re actively choosing to be a moderator. If you aren’t getting paid for your work and dislike that, then don’t do it. There’s always going to be someone willing to do it for free, like a hobby.
I also agree. But for a for-profit company like Reddit, there should be a threshold for certain subreddits that require mods to be paid.
That is, for a major/popular subreddit like pics the mods should be paid by Reddit.
For a minor subreddit like r/hotgirls whowanttohavesexwithgcanuck the mods can be unpaid.
Why are there minors on that subreddit 🧐 (kidding)
I agree with you, and I think it’s a controversial take only in the activist spheres of western online intelligentsia, while frankly most of the world doesn’t think it’s a real problem in the grand scheme of things
Not controversial in my books. They are choosing to be unpaid mods, don’t like it? Don’t do it.
Nope, disagree. I don’t think mods need to be payroll as full time staff, but I think the lack of compensation is what is contributing to reddit being shit.
Much like YouTube involves people who are willing to make content and drop it on YouTube for free, the truth is that most of the really high quality content would not be there if the creators couldn’t monetize their work, and that’s because their work costs time and money.
Reddit mods should be entitled to remuneration if the sub generates certain amounts of traffic and content, and then they should be entitled to a set percentage of advertising revenue generated from that sub.
Mods will be better, reddit will be better. Not great, because that asshat spez is still there, but better.