Modding on either Reddit or Lemmy seems like a lot of work. It’s like a part time job where you don’t get paid. What do the mods get out of their labor?
Modding on either Reddit or Lemmy seems like a lot of work. It’s like a part time job where you don’t get paid. What do the mods get out of their labor?
Modding can be quite tiresome. But it also comes from a place of wanting to see a community exist and be healthy.
If I want a GameBoy community on Lemmy… Someone needs to create it, someone needs to make sure it’s organized.
If I want people asking for relationship advice to have a safe space… Someone needs to create and moderate that space.
So it’s tiresome, sure, but humans do things for passion, fun, community, love. It doesn’t need to be profitable.