[smolder]

I've seen a lot of both: there are some power-tripping selective-enforcement bully types in those volunteer moderator roles, on Reddit or Facebook or Discord or wherever, and then there are the moderators that try to act with integrity and tend to get burnt out by insufferable agitators and the general lack of respect from the crowd they moderate. I also don't get the sense they're wholly separate groups.

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I could probably pick just about any large volunteer group, online or otherwise, and I'd agree.

>tend to get burnt out

People can also just overcommit to volunteer activities in general for a period. If people can just dial down their involvement, that can be OK. But if it's an activity that's all-in or nothing, it probably won't last for more than a while as people burn out or their priorities just change.