A great deal of the moderation of popular communities has been captured by affiliated parties. The folks modding /r/marvel and /r/starcraft and /r/conservative aren’t just schmoes who got to those handles first. They’ve been auctioned off to third parties with a vested financial interest in a particularly kind of moderation occurring on those communities.
The company is but the moderators are not employees of the company, they’re volunteers
A great deal of the moderation of popular communities has been captured by affiliated parties. The folks modding /r/marvel and /r/starcraft and /r/conservative aren’t just schmoes who got to those handles first. They’ve been auctioned off to third parties with a vested financial interest in a particularly kind of moderation occurring on those communities.