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  • Zalack@startrek.website
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    1 year ago

    Yeah, actually moderating an online space with even modest activity is fucking hard and takes a shitton of time.

    I think a lot of people underestimate the effort involved and quickly lose interest once it becomes apparent.

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      1 year ago

      Yeah, bothered me during the protests to see people downplaying the importance of mods from those who were upset about their favorite sub being shut down. It’s a thankless job that takes lot of building to get started and exposure to bunch of crap to keep the place nice for its users.

      • Levsgetso@lemmy.zip
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        1 year ago

        And harassing the mods for closing the subreddit without bothering to learn why it’s even closed. I don’t understand why people think that these unpaid volunteers owe them something.

      • HardlightCereal@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        Moderating a large queer sub was easy on Reddit, and getting my own small sub up to an average of 50 upvotes per post wasn’t hard. But on Lemmy I don’t know where to advertise and my trans memes get downvotes from transphobes