Exactly, it was kind of a facetious comment, but it is kind of sad there’s mods that feel a sense of obligation to run a corporate social media site and that the reddit leadership is banking on the social currency of being a mod keeping any sort of value.
Perhaps op was thinking of mods for subs like r/suicide
I feel that mods in those types of subs genuinely care about the community and would probably feel that if they walked away, they’ll lose the chance to help someone in need.
The joke was that the only people making mods be mods is themselves, and some will never let go of the power trip even if the site is dead. Less dramatic but I saw the same sentiment on sysadmim. Like their sub is their own repo of curated information that they don’t feel anybody else is capable of maintaining. But now there’s like 20 sysadmin communities on Lemmy so hopefully anybody who still thinks that can find the motivation to move on.
Exactly, it was kind of a facetious comment, but it is kind of sad there’s mods that feel a sense of obligation to run a corporate social media site and that the reddit leadership is banking on the social currency of being a mod keeping any sort of value.
Perhaps op was thinking of mods for subs like r/suicide
I feel that mods in those types of subs genuinely care about the community and would probably feel that if they walked away, they’ll lose the chance to help someone in need.
The joke was that the only people making mods be mods is themselves, and some will never let go of the power trip even if the site is dead. Less dramatic but I saw the same sentiment on sysadmim. Like their sub is their own repo of curated information that they don’t feel anybody else is capable of maintaining. But now there’s like 20 sysadmin communities on Lemmy so hopefully anybody who still thinks that can find the motivation to move on.