[dangwhy]

> I have no idea why someone would put the time required into moderating a large sub for no money just for Reddit’s benefit

feeling of power and purpose?

[TMWNN]

Pretty much.

Remember, "Most of What You Read on the Internet is Written by Insane People". <https://np.reddit.com/r/slatestarcodex/comments/9rvroo/most_...>. This also applies to powermods, assuming they're not being paid on the side to push some ideology.

[s__s]

Weird conclusion. Power users are often groups of people operating under one account. (Motivations vary) not insane people.

[TMWNN]

> Power users are often groups of people operating under one account.

As I said,

>assuming they're not being paid on the side to push some ideology