[SheepHerdr]

There's no need to pay the mods when they're already doing it for free, with many more willing to take their place. Some of the mods do it for power, but I would hope most do it for their love of good discussion and their community.

If it really comes down to it, I wouldn't be surprised at all if the Reddit admins just kick out all the protesting mods, finding replacements will likely be pretty easy.

Edit: Mass removal is already happening. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36412619

The mods of several large subreddits were all kicked out, leaving the subreddits unmoderated. Multiple of these removed mods are also locked out of their accounts.

https://www.reddit.com/r/ModCoord/comments/14eq8ip/the_entir...