and underpaid mods who do what they have time for when they have time for it…
Not just underpaid, but
un-paid mods as far as Reddit goes.
That’s a volunteer gig
. If there was even a smidge of compensation for having people mad/harass/doxx moderators as they do,
across Reddit and the internet as a whole, then it would be significantly more engaging in that aspect from a moderator point of view.
Why would anyone want to login to an inbox of angry messages directed at them (for completely asinine reasons cause that’s how the internet rolls) voluntarily without pay or some form of compensation?? I don’t take anything on Reddit personally, but a whole hell of a lot of other Redditors seem to (again it’s a general problem with the internet due to the number of people online globally). It’s also why it’s super important that the community moderate itself mostly, via reports and upvotes/downvotes.
Can’t have too many cooks in the kitchen, and adding 50 more un-paid mods with loads to deal with in their personal lives won’t solve the issues. Everyone has a lot going on worldwide. Folks have to report getting cold meals, finding pubes in their mashed potatoes, and poor service quality/patron behavior otherwise it goes on indefinitely completely unchecked.