Modding on either Reddit or Lemmy seems like a lot of work. It’s like a part time job where you don’t get paid. What do the mods get out of their labor?

  • Wigglehard@exploding-heads.com
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    1 year ago

    It’s an interesting question that I will be glad to answer. I am interested in social engineering like molding minds so when the opportunity came for me to mod my own community, I did it with political goals in mind, but it has become fun in the sense that people expect me to like suspend accounts so to say, and I just refuse to do it, because I truly don’t give a fuck what people say in the Internet. I only do it now because of the friendships that I have made and the people that count on me to continue what I do. If it wasn’t for them, I would just go back to being at the gigantic asshole on the Internet. I’ve learned to calm down over the years. And also I’ve learned a lot about the type of things that people want to see in the Internet. Truth be told it’s not a lot of work. It’s actually more work for administrators that actually have tech expertise and although I am an administrator, I would say I’m more like the front man to a band than anything else. Also i enjoy not being able to get banned