[ajmurmann]

Are there actually enough people willing to do the mod job? I am only in one sub where everyone hates the mods, but even there I haven't seen any discussion of anyone becoming a mod. Maybe it's because mods delete insurrectionist posts. However, I cannot imagine many people want to do such a thankless and stressful job that pays nothing at all.

[Sunspark]

It's not thankless or stressful if all you do is just enforce the overall corporation rules plus perhaps some locally agreed upon additional rules.

If people want to post sunsets and nobody is writing you emails to complain about it, then have at it. It's the voice of the people.

[ajmurmann]

It's all easy till the fuzziness of reality hits with it's ambiguity, anger, etc. Have you read Yishan's famous thread on the topic? https://twitter.com/yishan/status/1586956430162083841

[Sunspark]

I had not, good thread!

It seems to come down to that people need to debate on the same level. Some drunk bum is not going to walk out of a bar and into a classroom and debate a professor. But that's what happens on social media.

[fakedang]

I'm pretty sure mods are paid from somewhere. I remember reading some stuff about 4 or 5 years back, about how the left-wing party of that country (I think it was UK Labour) had taken over mod duties of the country subreddit.