[120photo]

You can think of it as free work, of you can think of it as people building something they care about. When I post on here I don't think of it as free work but more as contributing to a community I want to be part of.

[mrala]

Moderating content is not equivalent to posting.

[mcphage]

Moderating is a part of community building and growing, however.

[LanceH]

You're right. It's far more powerful than posting. Maybe they should be paying to be moderators, since they get extra influence over the conversations.