this post was submitted on 24 Jun 2023
779 points (98.3% liked)

Memes

45897 readers
1430 users here now

Rules:

  1. Be civil and nice.
  2. Try not to excessively repost, as a rule of thumb, wait at least 2 months to do it if you have to.

founded 5 years ago
MODERATORS
 

If you like this, check out my website: www.VictorGnarly.com or go to my profile to throw me a coffee. Trying my best to get the word out about Lemmy. Take care!

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Having third party apps is very profitable if those apps are used by thousands of unpaid moderators giving away free labour.

And one of the main reasons they do this labour is because these apps make it very efficient to moderate a huge number of posts.

Reddit is not a profitable venture. It's a charitable one run by the users who prop it up.