top | item 19090497 (no title) asdfx | 7 years ago I have a naive question.All these moderators do spend considerable time and effort on reddit.And now reddit is going public, do the moderators get paid going forward? why would someone want to volunteer for a profit making company? discuss order hn newest e1ven|7 years ago Semi-paid volunteers are legally tricky - https://priceonomics.com/the-aol-chat-room-monitor-revolt/People volunteer to moderate communities because they care about the value of that community. Not dissimilar from running a small forum. HNLurker2|7 years ago Because it hosts the community itself.Perhaps a reddit alternative would be just a reddit hoster that hosts the platform for X$ and moderators find a way to get paid.
e1ven|7 years ago Semi-paid volunteers are legally tricky - https://priceonomics.com/the-aol-chat-room-monitor-revolt/People volunteer to moderate communities because they care about the value of that community. Not dissimilar from running a small forum.
HNLurker2|7 years ago Because it hosts the community itself.Perhaps a reddit alternative would be just a reddit hoster that hosts the platform for X$ and moderators find a way to get paid.
e1ven|7 years ago
People volunteer to moderate communities because they care about the value of that community. Not dissimilar from running a small forum.
HNLurker2|7 years ago
Perhaps a reddit alternative would be just a reddit hoster that hosts the platform for X$ and moderators find a way to get paid.