[johnnyanmac]

They treat it like a job. Regardless, I think when you tire of something that's not critical to your livelihood you should step down.

But if that happened, powermods wouldn't be a thing.

>The people who do it don't have to care about your free speech

No, but I don't have to care about the bog swamp of discourse you moderate just because "we have 1 million subs". Well great, everyone is angry and nuance is talked down. I don't want that to be the place.

But if keeping your mod power is more important than, well, moderating your community, you reap what you sow.