• galoisghost@aussie.zone
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    3 months ago

    I have sympathy for the moderators but not a lot. The should have unionised and demanded a salary a long time ago.

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      3 months ago

      And I’ll add Lemmy/Piefed, actually the whole fediverse, should be run by co-operatives. I’m on Aussie.zone for nothing I add nothing to the instance I’m just a drain on resources. I should pay a yearly fee to be part of the community and should at the very least meta moderate. Like slashdot Uwe to do whereafter a period of time you got to review moderator choices and agree or disagree with the decision. Which based on criteria would the. Allow you to first person moderate.

      In short:

      • contribute to costs.
      • moderate the moderators
      • moderate
      • jol@discuss.tchncs.de
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        3 months ago

        On one hand, yes. On the other hand, the moment paying for Lemmy becomes commonplace, is the moment financial interests would ruin everything. A donation model makes more sense.

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        3 months ago

        There’s a reason I donate to my instance. It’s not a lot, but it’s something that helps.

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      3 months ago

      The should have unionised and demanded a salary a long time ago.

      Yeah, mods who tried to do that kind of thing were simply replaced as I recall it, and their subs transferred to new mods. Reddit is pretty much down the capitalist hellhole at this point.

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        3 months ago

        *phew* Well, good thing I don’t need your sympathy. :D

        Fact is, Reddit is still a hugely-useful place for me, so I have one foot still wedging that door open.