• fartsinger@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    I’ve never been a mod but I guess people do it because they like it, or they like how it makes them see themselves. They might join a protest for the same reasons. Being demoted and becoming a nobody, on the other hand, doesn’t sound like much fun.

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      1 year ago

      A lot of them are paid by companies they can promote on Reddit. It’s a huge payola astroturfing game there.