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Reddit CEO Defends His Absurdly High Pay While Not Paying Mods (futurism.com)

submitted 7 months ago by catculation@lemmy.zip to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] rockSlayer@lemmy.world 25 points 7 months ago (2 children)

He feels entitled to their labor for free, simply because he thinks he deserves free labor.

[–] EdibleFriend@lemmy.world 21 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I mean....they fucking volunteered for a free position and could leave at any moment. I hate reddit and I hate this dude but I don't get why 'why aren't you paying the mods' keeps coming up.

They went out of their way to take a position that they knew they would never be paid for lol

[–] huginn@feddit.it 9 points 7 months ago

I was a moderator and left.

[+] wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee -7 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Agreed. The mods get the status and power they want. Spez is going to get a shit ton of money.

I wouldn’t do it but I have a life outside, many of them don’t.

[–] EdibleFriend@lemmy.world 11 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I was a founding member of glitch in the matrix. stayed for a few years before giving up because yeah...shit sucks and I don't have the right power boner genes to want to stay at some shit like that but....never in a million years did it cross my mind that I should be getting paid for this shit I went out of my way to do for free lol

[–] wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

If it was a paid position, most the mods would be gone since that couldn’t do as they pleased. The company would be libel for their behavior.

[–] EdibleFriend@lemmy.world 7 points 7 months ago (1 children)

LOL that too. I was banned from...some big rage sub I can't remember...not actually /r/rage when a mod removed a post about a girl who killed live animals on youtube because she might get 'harassed' when the sub was full of shit like that. it was so obvious he did it because she was hot.

There was an entire new post about that drama and I called him a simp. He banned me and called me a pussy ass bitch before muting me so I couldn't respond.

simp.

[–] wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee -1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Imagine a company running like that. lol That is why I think their IPO will fail quickly. It is just a cesspool of bots, weirdos and very little productive anything.

I never really used reddit much. I always found it to be idiotic extreme on both sides of the table. I am fairly moderate with a few hot-button issues, but I would have a beer with about anyone except Reddit mods.

[–] Ragnarok314159@sopuli.xyz 2 points 7 months ago

The Reddit admins DO behave like that.

[–] FartsWithAnAccent@lemmy.world 9 points 7 months ago (1 children)

In reality, he's entitled to it because they keep giving it to him. Why? I could only guess at their reasons, but it is what it is.

[–] rockSlayer@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

No one is entitled to free labor. We settled this issue 161 years ago.

[–] FartsWithAnAccent@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

We settled this issue 161 years ago.

Eh...