Yeah, moderating a large sub isn’t as shake-and-bake as the admins seem to think. They might “hire” scabs, but the scabs are probably going to slack off pretty hard and might not even understand the tools and procedures that can make it effective but not stifling to content.
Right on. They’ll try to get any type of free labor before actual hiring. Anything that involves hiring is going to affect Reddit’s operating costs and will reflect poorly on the balance sheet when it comes to the IPO.
It’s like he thinks that mods are his employees who have to listen to him. Remember the 21st rule of acquisition “Never place friendship above profit.”
We seem to be getting to them. Let them hire their mods, quality will go down, and we’ll still be here :)
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Yeah, moderating a large sub isn’t as shake-and-bake as the admins seem to think. They might “hire” scabs, but the scabs are probably going to slack off pretty hard and might not even understand the tools and procedures that can make it effective but not stifling to content.
Right on. They’ll try to get any type of free labor before actual hiring. Anything that involves hiring is going to affect Reddit’s operating costs and will reflect poorly on the balance sheet when it comes to the IPO.
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It’s like he thinks that mods are his employees who have to listen to him. Remember the 21st rule of acquisition “Never place friendship above profit.”